Second Train in Two Days Derails and Dumps Gnarly Pollutants in Wisconsin
For the second day in a row, a freight train has derailed in Wisconsin, reports the New York Times.
The first train derailed Saturday in western Wisconsin, “spilling thousands of gallons of ethanol.” Reuters has those thousands of gallons of ethanol spilling into the Mississippi River, so that’s, like, not very cool. 25 cars were derailed, and several spilled ethanol, with one car reportedly spilling more than 18,000 gallons.
Early Sunday afternoon, a Canadian Pacific Railway train derailed in Watertown, dumping at least 10 cars from the tracks and spilling crude oil from leaking derailed cars. This ABC News report says less than 1,000 gallons were spilled from only one leaking car, in today’s derailment. The leak has already been plugged, according to the Reuters report.
35 area homes were reportedly evacuated. Thankfully, no one was reported injured in either derailment. Tomorrow’s derailment is expected to continue this trend of diminishing consequences, but only time will tell.
