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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 ...

An Amtrak Auto Train detoured off its normal route due to the derailment of a CSX freight Monday night has been stuck while waiting for a new crew to arrive. Passengers traveling on an Amtrak Auto Train from a Washington, D.C., suburb Monday evening expected to arrive in the Orlando area by Tuesday morning. But their planned 17-hour journey currently has no end in sight after a freight derailment caused significant delays to the Amtrak trip. The train was detoured off its normal route due to the derailment of a CSX freight Monday night and has been stopped in Denmark, South Carolina, while waiting for a new crew to arrive, Amtrak said. "Tuesday's southbound Amtrak Auto Train has been impacted by significant delays due to a CSX freight derailment in South Carolina," Amtrak said in a statement. "Customers have been provided meals, snack packs and beverages." The company did not provide a timeline on when the train should resume its journey. An Amtrak train ...