What Runs Beside the Trail? City and CSX Withhold Hazardous Rail Cargo Details

The City of Philadelphia has refused to disclose what hazardous materials move daily along the CSX rail corridor beside Fitler Square, citing public safety concerns.

A freight train travels along the Schuylkill River Trail beside Fitler Square’s high-rises. The City of Philadelphia and CSX will not disclose what hazardous rail cargo moves through this corridor, citing security concerns, even after a sinkhole renewed questions about risk and oversight.

After a massive sinkhole shuttered a stretch of the Schuylkill Riv…