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The lamented yes, but sometimes arises when people argument around known facts. [quote user="Murphy Siding"] I dunno. I don't see where they would have thought the Little Rock River was a threat that might cause a derailment to happen further down the line- which it didn't. All the low lying farmland in that area tends to flood every spring to some extent; nothing new there.[/quote] I think we agree that there was a high water. From the facts I say it was an unusal high water. Was it high enough to be of concern for BNSF? Apperently not. Should it have been? My personal opinion is yes. What did I find: - Rock River gage 10 mi upriver exceeded Major Flood Stage 16 hrs before accident - Rock River gage at Rock Valley downriver 1.5 ft below record level 3.5 hrs before accident - Rock River gage at Rock Valley downriver: Discharge of June 22, 2018 only exceeded twice in the last 70 years (see my post at top of page) - Rock River gage 10 mi upriver had a discharge of 13,000 cubic feet per second. - Of the 35,000 cfs at Rock Valley only 13,000 cfs came from the Rock River itself, according to the map the balance came most likely from Little Rock River. It is for sure not a yearly high water. If BNSF realized this or not we don't know. At least the information was publicly available. Regards, Volker
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