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Highway re-opens after fuel spill at Elkhart rail yard (The following appeared on the South Bend Tribune website on February 9, 2010.) ELKHART, Ind. — Authorities have re-opened U.S. 33 in Elkhart, after cleaning up a fuel spill late Sunday at the Norfolk Southern railyard. An estimated 200 gallons of fuel had spilled from a station at the yards at old U.S. 33, just west of Indiana 19. Old U.S. 33 was closed in the area near the Franklin Street intersection while crews worked to remove the fuel. There were no reports of injuries. Tuesday, February 09, 2010 © 1997-2010 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen

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September 2, 2010

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