Posted on 04/27/2023 4:59:51 PM PDT by NautiNurse
MADISON, Wis. - A freight train derailed along the Mississippi River in southwestern Wisconsin Thursday, possibly injuring one crew member and sending two cars into the water, officials said.
The train derailed in Crawford County at about 12:15 p.m. Two of the train's three locomotives and an unknown number of cars carrying "freight of all kinds" derailed on the eastern edge of the river, BNSF Railway spokesperson Lena Kent said.
All crew members were accounted for, with one receiving a medical evaluation, she said.
Crawford County Emergency Management Specialist Marc Myhre told WKBT-TV that about 20 BNSF Railway cars were involved.
Two cars went into the Mississippi River, but neither contained hazardous materials, Kent said. Some of the containers that derailed on shore contained paint and lithium ion batteries, and a boom was being placed in the impacted area, she said.
"The volumes involved don't pose a risk to the river or the communities," Kent said.
BNSF will work with local and state agencies as appropriate, she said.
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I contend it might very well be connected.
IT derailed alongside the MISSISSIPPI River.
Train derailments. Bird flu. Factory explosions. The only industry that hasn’t had a disaster are bug farms. Imagine that.
That’s the Mississippi River that was so low that it was impeding river traffic last year.
Heavy rain has recently brought parts of the Mississippi River
to near flood stage, but the railroad tracks at the site of the
derailment were above water, Myhre said.
BNSF don’t have no money for track maintainence.
“BNSF don’t have no money for track maintainence.”
But yet democrats have bazillions for green shit initiatives.
EPA recommends setting it on fire...
Famous last words . . .
True, that.
Compromised underneath & lost solid integrity due to flooding weakening the rail bed???
The statistics on trains derailing indicate sabotage. Mentioning that of course gets you in trouble.
Two words I never thought I’d see together, ‘train’car and float.
“Train cars floating” requires some willful suspension of disbelief.
There’s no need to fear, Buttigieg is here!
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