A Train Full of Poop From New York Is Stranded in a Tiny Alabama Town
The poop train's cargo is bound for the Big Sky landfill, about 20 miles east of Parrish.
Photographer: Jay Reeves/AP Photo
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Parrish, Ala. (AP) -- A stinking trainload of human waste from New York City is stranded in a tiny Alabama town, spreading a stench like a giant backed-up toilet — and the "poop train" is just the latest example of the South being used as a dumping ground for other states' waste.
In Parrish, Alabama, population 982, the sludge-hauling train cars have sat idle near the little league ball fields for more than two months, Mayor Heather Hall said. The smell is unbearable, especially around dusk after the atmosphere has become heated, she said.