{"id":115826,"date":"2017-02-07T14:23:08","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T20:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=115826"},"modified":"2017-02-07T14:23:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T20:23:26","slug":"broken-axle-causes-2013-nd-train-wreck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=115826","title":{"rendered":"Broken axle causes 2013 ND train wreck, explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-71858\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TrainDerailTanker-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TrainDerailTanker-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TrainDerailTanker-259x175.jpg 259w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TrainDerailTanker.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>FARGO, N.D. (AP) \u2014 National Transportation Safety Board investigators say a broken axle caused a 2013 train derailment that led to a series of explosions in North Dakota.<\/p>\n<p>The train carrying soybeans derailed and was struck by a train carrying oil, setting off explosions near the small town of Casselton, about 30 miles west of Fargo. About 1,400 residents were evacuated from their homes. No one was hurt.<\/p>\n<p>NTSB investigators said Tuesday at a meeting in Washington that after finding the grain train&#8217;s broken axle, others like it that might have had similar defects were recalled.<\/p>\n<p>The group also discussed federal rules on buffer cars between locomotives and cars carrying hazardous materials, and the development of advanced braking systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FARGO, N.D. (AP) \u2014 National Transportation Safety Board investigators say a broken axle caused a 2013 train derailment that led to a series of explosions in North Dakota. The train carrying soybeans derailed and was struck by a train carrying oil, setting off explosions near the small town of Casselton, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":71858,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115826"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115828,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115826\/revisions\/115828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}