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BNSF Derailment East Dubuque, IL

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BNSF Derailment East Dubuque, IL
Posted by PaverTrain on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 9:22 PM

10 car derailment in front of the former East Cabin tonight (7:00pm).  Hazmat on the scene.  Cannot get near sight but from the US 20 bridge you can see cars on their side.

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Posted by blhanel on Thursday, November 25, 2010 9:33 AM

East Cabin- is that over on the diamond in front of the tunnel?

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Posted by eolafan on Thursday, November 25, 2010 9:36 AM

No, East Cabin is about 1/3 mile to the east of the tunnel, right along Rt. 20 and just before Rt. 20 curves around to cross the Mississippi river bridge into Dubuque, IA.

Eolafan (a.k.a. Jim)
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Posted by blhanel on Thursday, November 25, 2010 12:28 PM

Oh, OK, right where the CN line through the tunnel diverges off of BNSF then- ouch, something must've picked a switch?

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