hazardous material, the train had 212 railcars. there were other cars with hazardous materials on them, but as they were not affected by the derailment, we do not have a situation at this time. reporter: also on saturday a union pacific train went off the tracks in southern kansas. in early this morning at least three cars on this gravel train derailed in maynard, texas. are we having more derailments than before? or does it seem that way? speak of the short answer is you look at the statistics and what we have at the moment is a greater awareness of the fact that they do happen. and that s good, because it will continue to focus on safety. reporter: norfolk southern said it s cooperating with investigations into its recent derailments including this one in springfield, the company announced that it will improve its network of sensors along the tracks that detect wheel bearings overheating, which the ntsb says have been in pale
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