DUBUQUE — Emergency crews plan to let a fire which ignited after a train derailment burn itself out.
An eastbound freight Canadian Pacific train derailed at approximately 11:35 a.m. between Waupeton and Finleys Landing, according to a release from the Dubuque County Sheriff’s Office. Ten of the 11 cars that derailed were carrying ethanol, including one which was on fire. Others slid into the Mississippi River, which runs alongside the railroad track.
http://thegazette.com/subject/news/train-derailment-north-of-dubuque-20150204
DUBUQUE — Canadian Pacific employees are working today to drain ethanol from 15 derailed tank cars north of Dubuque after a wreck Wednesday that caused three cars to erupt in flames and three to go into the Mississippi River. The railroad also has set up 10 monitoring sites downriver to detect how much ethanol is in the water and whether the fuel is depleting oxygen for fish and other wildlife, spokesman Andy Cummings said Thursday morning...........
The southeast-bound train that jumped the tracks around 11:30 a.m. Wednesdayincluded DOT-111s, outdated tank cars that are prone to rupture in derailments.
http://thegazette.com/subject/news/railroad-draining-ethanol-from-derailed-train-cars-near-dubuque-monitoring-river-20150205
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