Crews are working to clear a CSX freight train which derailed near 2425 Tonnelle Ave. around 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday, spilling flammable liquids in the process.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 9:02AMClean-up efforts continue after nearly a dozen freight train cars derailed in North Bergen, New Jersey on Tuesday.
The good news is that this does not impact any passenger rail service or traffic. A CSX freight train derailed near 2425 Tonnelle Ave. around 3:15 p.m., spilling flammable liquids in the process.
Officials said 11 freight cars derailed, and seven were leaning. Three rail cars that were on their side were of particular concern, due to the liquids inside them. One of them contained ethyl acetate, which is highly flammable, and spilled. The other two contained liquids, one with holly propane and the other with hex aldehyde, which are also flammable. Those two toppled cars did not spill.
Hazmat teams are worked to safely mitigate the situation, and diluted the ethyl acetate with large amounts of water, according to North Bergen public safety officials. The North Bergen Mayor Nick Sacco said there is no danger to the public. The CSX tracks don't serve any passenger trains, but they cross over just above. As a precaution, Route 3 was initially closed in both directions near Tonnelle Avenue, but reopened late Tuesday night. Tonnelle Avenue itself remained open.
'There's no impact, there's no crash that we could see. And CSX is investigating what caused this,' North Bergen Public Safety Commissioner Allen Pasqual said.
CSX is a private company responsible for the trains and tracks. It brought it cranes that will work through the night to pull the cars upright and get them back on tracks.
Public safety officials say there is no obvious reason for this derailment so they're looking into the cause.
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