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Crash! Boom! Goes Another Freight Train [1]
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Date: 2023-03-30
The residents of the small town of Raymond, Minnesota (pop 754) were jolted awake at 1:00 a.m. today (Thursday) by the sounds of derailing tanker cars from a BNSF train.
The derailment forced the evacuation of many residents, who had to relocate to a nearby (as in several miles away) community overnight. The crash also closed a state highway that is a major thoroughfare for the region.
The tankers were carrying ethanol and corn syrup.
Minnesota Public Radio has thorough coverage of the incident.
Other coverage can be found at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and KARE-11 news.
This article from National Public Radio gives good context to how many derailments have occurred this year and in previous years. I was once told that “if planes fell from the sky as often as trains leave the tracks, a national emergency would be declared”.
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