Flooding in Upper Midwest

[mattthefireman]

the flooding is not as bad as every body thinks it is.  the area of wisconsin i live in is not so bad the fox river spilled its banks but did not damagr the CN route that runs next to it. 

[joegreen]

the flooding is not as bad as everybody thinks it is...... 

Maybe not in your area.......but go and tell that to Cedar Rapids. You wont get a happy reaction.

[Willy2]

Looks like the problems continue, even though the flooding has ended:

http://kai03.qwest.com/WindowsLive/Media/News/NewsDetail/National/Train_derails_into_Mississippi_River_in_NE_Iowa.aspx?id=[e-mail] 

I'm glad that the crew was not seriously injured.

EDIT: Just noticed that this already has its own topic - sorry.

[jclass]

The son of a friend of mine has been working at the ADM facility at Cedar Rapids.  He said the plant had been in operation 24 hours a day every day since it was built, and was shut down for the first time during the flood.  Although the plant has its own water supply, it also buys water from the city.  The city asked for the shutdown to try to preserve clean water.  The plant receives 450 truckloads of grain per day as well as railcars.

[sfrr]

Upper Midwest? I think East Central Illinois and Central Indiana is having more problems 

 

That is nothing compared to what we have here in St. Peters.  at least 12-15 feet of water or more in other areas.

[spokyone]

End of the line for Keithsburg Train.
 Before 2008 floods.

After the flood.

A few days ago, a salvage company cut up the display train for scrap.

[Victrola1]

Poor Keithsburg. 1993, 2008 and who knows when again. The river has not been kind. I would guess the city has more pressing issues than restoring a railroad display.

[trainfan1221]

Why would they scrap it? It remained intact it seems.  What a waste.

[spokyone]

The crane company wanted $17,000 to R&R the train during the levee rebuild. The salvage company paid the owner for the scrap value. Rebuilding the levee became a top priority for insurance reasons.

[blhanel]

An update on the CRANDIC bridge replacement- made the news today due to some "unexpected" high water...

http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/41997117.html

[CGW]

Thanks for the news Brian.  Does anyone have an update on the IANR bridge replacement in Waterloo?  I read form the IANR website that it is scheduled to be completed in March.

Jeff 

blhanel

An update on the CRANDIC bridge replacement- made the news today due to some "unexpected" high water...

http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/41997117.html

[blhanel]

CGW

Thanks for the news Brian.  Does anyone have an update on the IANR bridge replacement in Waterloo?  I read form the IANR website that it is scheduled to be completed in March.

Jeff 

blhanel

An update on the CRANDIC bridge replacement- made the news today due to some "unexpected" high water...

http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/41997117.html

You must mean NEXT March- the latest news article referenced by their website, dated last month, indicated that they hadn't even cleaned up the old bridge remains yet out of the river; they're still waiting for an Army Corps Of Engineers study to get finished.