A preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board June 12 found that the Rosedale intersection where a CSX train derailed and exploded last month had no active warning lights or gates.
In addition, two yellow stop signs “had faded significantly, and both had been displaced from their original mountings,” the report stated.
Read the full story at Dundalk Patch.
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