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The railroad line that runs through the Peninsula has reopened after an Oct. 25 derailment in New Kent County, but the cleanup continues.

Two locomotives and 53 train cars derailed near Providence Forge on a portion of track that crossed the Chickahominy River near where the river connects to other wetlands, spilling coal and diesel fuel into an area spanning as much as 5 acres. As of Nov. 21, CSX Transportation and their contractors have removed the locomotives and scrapped 47 of the damaged train cars, resulting in about 630 tons of metal to be recycled, though some small pieces are being removed as they are discovered, according to DEQ.

About 4,230 tons of coal were spilled and 7,257 tons of coal and soil have been removed from the environ

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