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IC&E derailment closes key Minnesota highway

(The following story by Paul Walsh appeared on the Star Tribune website on July 30.)

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. A well-traveled highway in southeastern Minnesota will remain closed for many more hours today as cleanup continues after a train derailment on a wooden bridge, authorities said.

Hwy. 26 south of Reno in Houston County was closed Tuesday after 27 cars derailed on the bridge and spilled ethanol, the State Patrol said. No evacuations were needed, and no injuries were reported.

Hwy. 26 is the main north-south artery and runs the entire length of Houston County.

The bridge and the train are owned by the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad.

The cleanup "is expected to take at least several more days," said rail official Herb Jones.

The cause of the derailment has yet to be determined.

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spacer.gifDerailment is IC&E's third since May

(The following story by John Weiss appeared on the Post-Bulletin website on July 30.)

BROWNSVILLE, Minn. The derailment of an Iowa, Chicago & Eastern railroad train near the small town of Reno early Tuesday is the railroad's third along the Mississippi River in far southeastern Minnesota or northeastern Iowa since May.

None have caused major environmental problems, said Tim Yager, manager of the McGregor District of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge. On Tuesday, 27 IC&E cars tipped over, some going into wetlands that are part of the refuge. One leaked about 1,200 gallons of ethanol into an abandoned oxbow, but Yager believes it didn't leak into nearby Crooked Creek.

Because of the spill, Minnesota Highway 26 had to be closed. It was reopened at 7 p.m. Wednesday, though there will be single-lane closures during the day along the section being cleaned up, with traffic controlled by flaggers, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The lane closures will continue until the project is completed.

Minnesota Department of Public Safety spokesman Doug Neville said the derailment could be related to the failure of a wooden railroad bridge. It's not clear if the privately owned bridge collapsed under the train, or if derailed cars took it out. It's also unclear if the railroad owns the bridge.

An IC&E spokesman said no injuries occurred. The cause of the derailment is under investigation.

Yager said IC&E, which is a subsidiary of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad, previously had two derailments at the Turkey River near Guttenberg, Iowa. "It's become a common thing," he said. "They certainly have had a string of bad luck here."

Four ethanol cars derailed at the bridge Tuesday, and one leaked into the adjacent wetland. In all, fewer than five acres of wetlands were affected. The leak was minor, Yager said.

Other cars had sunflower seeds, corn and phosphoric acid that is used as agriculture fertilizer. IC&E will have to build large causeways to get to the derailed cars, he said. They will have to try to restore the wetlands as best they can.

(The Associated Press contributed to this story.)

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U.S. railroads remain on pace to set all-time-low train accident rate, AAR says

During 2007's first seven months, U.S. railroads reported 1,472 train accidents - the fewest within a January-to-July period in more than a decade, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR). Thirty-four states reported fewer derailments and collisions compared with 2006's first seven months.

Preliminary Federal Railroad Administration safety data also shows the roads' train accident rate determined as the number of accidents per million train miles remained 10 percent below the current annual record of 3.54 set in 1997, keeping the railroads on pace to establish an all-time low rate at 3.19, the AAR said.

Railroads made other safety strides in the first seven months, as well. The number of derailments declined 14.3 percent, train-to-train collisions fell 12.1 percent, grade crossing accidents decreased 7.3 percent and crossing fatalities dropped 11.2 percent year over year.

Plus, the two leading causes of train accidents human error and track issues declined 12.5 percent and 11.1 percent, respectively. Incidents caused by equipment failure decreased 11.3 percent and accidents caused by signal problems dropped 36 percent.

"These record-setting numbers clearly indicate that our extensive employee training programs, investment in safety technology, and dedication to infrastru cture maintenance and improvement are paying safety dividends," said AAR President and Chief Executive Officer Ed Hamberger in a prepared statement.


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Converting acres ta hectares. Today's math lesson, for Buckethead. Only.

One acre=0.40468565 hectares. Mulitply by five [5X.40468565] to arrive at your area. In hectares. Reverse the numbers to find the area in acres.

Square feet? Next lesson.


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Uke wrote:

Converting acres ta hectares. Today's math lesson, for Buckethead. Only.

One acre=0.40468565 hectares. Mulitply by five [5X.40468565] to arrive at your area. In hectares. Reverse the numbers to find the area in acres.

Square feet? Next lesson.


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