After almost 2 years, the remnants of the train wreck between Shepherdsville and Brooks have finally been cleaned-up. The 8' high green fence that bordered 1020 is down and the cars have been removed. Like many, I drive that road virtually every day and had grown so accustomed to seeing the wreckage that I was wondering whether CSX was going to create some sort of museum on the spot. I'm fairly certain that I have never been so pleased to see an empty lot as I was last week.
The train is gone, but evidence of the fire still exists.
One more step towards normalcy for those who were most affected.
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Looks like it is on the road to recovery. You are such a great photographer!
Mel - The sad part is that it took 2 years. Until last week, there were 15-20 mangled railroad cars just laying in that field.
for a minute there...i was thinking about the train wrecks in our personal lives..........hmmm
That is amazing that it took 2 YEARS to clean it up. And I thought my teenage son worked slow.
Liz - That's a whole differnet set of pictures...
Pam - They would work for awhile, disappear for months, and then suddenly be back in full force. Your teenager analogy is right on.
Great photos. It is always good to see how a story turns out. Clean ups sometimes take a while.
Jim - Thanks. The people living in the houses shown were relocated for months. A couple houses had the windows blown-out. Because it was a chemical spill, everything had to be professionally cleaned or destroyed. Their yards were razed and new soil was brought in. The EPA monitored everything. These final steps of removing the cars and cleaning up the lot will remove most of the last visible reminders of the accident.