{"id":38074,"date":"2015-11-03T08:57:44","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T13:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/tennessee-railroads-turn-to-chemicals-as-coal-declines\/"},"modified":"2015-11-03T08:57:44","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T13:57:44","slug":"tennessee-railroads-turn-to-chemicals-as-coal-declines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/tennessee-railroads-turn-to-chemicals-as-coal-declines\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenn. railroads turn to chemicals as coal declines","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
Thousands of rail tank cars roll through the cities, suburbs and rural areas of East Tennessee day and night, moving chemicals and energy products desperately needed by a variety of industries that provide thousands of jobs throughout the region.<\/p>\n
The commodities these tank cars carry are wide and varied, almost a who’s who of the chemical industry. And yes, some of them are dangerous.<\/p>\n
A recent CSX tank train rolling through the crossing on Liberty Street at Middlebrook Pike offered a virtual montage of commodities shipped regularly by rail through Knoxville: LP gas, hot molten sulfur, isopropyl alcohol, piperidine and more, all identified by their four-digit hazmat code numbers displayed in a diamond-shaped sign on each car’s side.<\/p>\n