Train cars containing hot asphalt, molten sulfur still in Yellowstone River after derailment
Nine mangled cars -- six that contained hot asphalt, three holding molten sulfur and one with scrap metal -- were still in the rushing water on Monday evening. Parts of a freight train carrying hazardous materials remain in the Yellowstone River in southern Montana after a bridge collapsed over the weekend. Nine mangled cars -- six that contained hot asphalt , three holding molten sulfur and one with scrap metal -- were still in the rushing water on Monday evening as cleanup work continued, according to Columbus Fire Chief Rich Cowger. "Some divers were brought in to see about how we would attach to those cars," Cowger said during a press conference. "While those assessments were being done, it was noticed that there is still some products of asphalt that's leaking out of those cars that are damaged." The incident occurred early Saturday near the town of Columbus, about 40 miles west of Billings, in a rural area of the Yellowstone River Valley. The train was ...