NS Train derails in Louisville - Trains Magazine
Rachel Ellis
Updated on April 07, 2026
It's not in the Industrial Park, but on the main line at a spring switch at a passing siding.
Train Cars Derail at Ky. Industrial Park
Published: 6/22/07, 11:45 PM EDT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A train carrying hazardous materials derailed in an industrial park Friday but none of the materials leaked, authorities said.
The derailment at the Bluegrass Industrial Park caused nearby homes to be evacuated for several hours. There were no reported injuries, police said.
Ten of the train's 107 cars were derailed. The Norfolk Southern train, traveling from Buckeye, Ohio, to St. Louis, went off the track around 2:40 p.m. EDT, said company spokesman Robin Chapman.
Four of the derailed cars contained phenol, a white crystalline substance that can burn the skin on contact, but they remained intact, Chapman said.
Two of the derailed cars were carrying automobiles. A car containing plastic pellets did break open, but the pellets did not pose an environmental threat, Chapman said. The other three cars were empty.
Authorities evacuated homes within a half-mile radius of the site, said Chris Thomas, a dispatcher with the Jeffersontown Police Department. The evacuation order was lifted around 8 p.m. EDT, but a road near the site of the derailment remained closed, police said.
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