Train Derails In Western Wisconsin; Alcohol Tankers Leaking Into Miss. River
Source: CBS
November 7, 2015 12:33 PM
Filed Under: Alma, American Legion, BNSF Train, Buffalo County, Buffalo County Sheriff's Office, County Road, Highway 35, Highway 37, North Main Street, Red Wing, Riverview Drive, Spring Creek Road, Train, Train Derailment, Train Derails, Wisconsin
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) A BNSF train derailed Saturday morning just north of the Wisconsin city of Alma, which is about 30 minutes southeast of Lake City.
Buffalo County Chief Det. Colin Severson says the train was heading southbound when multiple cars derailed at about 8:40 a.m.
A BNSF Railway spokesperson 25 cars derailed, 10 of which are empty auto carriers, near Highway 35 at County Road I.
Several of the other cars are tankers carrying denatured alcohol five of which have tipped into the Mississippi River and are leaking from vents atop the cars.
Read more: http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/11/07/sheriff-train-derails-in-western-wisconsin/
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,106 posts)There don't seem to have been any injuries, but dumping denatured alcohol into the Mississippi is not a good thing.
NutmegYankee
(16,210 posts)Sometimes it's just a bittering agent.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,106 posts)They can denature it with other chemicals, depending on its use.
James48
(4,450 posts)Could be methanol. Could be ethanol.
Could be that it is ethanol being hauled for vehicles (to become E-10 or E-85).
It is far less toxic than if it had been petroleum, or crude oil, or gasoline, or jet fuel.
Alcohol disburses in water and damage is much less than oil would be.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,106 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)tankers and on a down grade,receipt for Stupid.
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)you see through here. Those are an accident waiting to happen.
question everything
(47,645 posts)Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)to figure out how we can use less oil...or focus on infrastructure (better rails) or both.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Jimbo S
(2,961 posts)Two sets of rails along each side of the river. A train rolls along the Wisconsin side about once very fifteen minutes, parallel to State Highway 35.
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