Wendy Weaver with Montana Freshwater Partners examines petroleum asphalt from a June 2023 train derailment into the Yellowstone River near Reed Point, Mont., Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Cleanup work is wrapping up with almost half the asphalt not yet recovered. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
August 28, 2023
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Petroleum asphalt remains in Yellowstone River after derailment cleanup
Two months after a railroad bridge collapse sent carloads of hazardous oil products plunging into Montana's Yellowstone River, the cleanup workers are gone and a mess remains.