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DERAILMENT: Oil Train - Casselton ND |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Mon Dec 30 18:30:08 2013 An eastbound oil train derailed west of Casselton, and exploded when it was hit by another train. There is substantial separation between the two lines so perhaps nobody would have considered that those tracks were fouled.Here is the Fargo Forum piece. |
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Re: DERAILMENT: Oil Train - Casselton ND |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Dec 30 23:25:06 2013, in response to DERAILMENT: Oil Train - Casselton ND, posted by Broadway Lion on Mon Dec 30 18:30:08 2013. Just saw a clip of this on the Channel 7 news - MASSIVE mushroom cloud/fireball; looks like a tactical nuke went off.wayne |
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Re: DERAILMENT: Oil Train - Casselton ND |
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Posted by Bill West on Tue Dec 31 03:54:29 2013, in response to Re: DERAILMENT: Oil Train - Casselton ND, posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Dec 30 23:25:06 2013. Looking at Google maps, I see a double track main on the north side, a partly occupied spur for the ethanol plant 250 ft south and a diagonal connecting track. The pictures show e/b tank and w/b grain strings next to each other on the double track, tanks on the south track and grain on the north track. I assume the collision occurred there and the burning oil flowed south across the connecting track to the spur. The grain train DPU units were photographed standing eastward on the north track by ValleyNewsLive. Classic wrong place at the worst time collision, both trains might have actually been in motion at the moment of derailment??Bill |
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Re: DERAILMENT: Oil Train - Casselton ND |
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Posted by Joe V on Tue Dec 31 07:37:37 2013, in response to DERAILMENT: Oil Train - Casselton ND, posted by Broadway Lion on Mon Dec 30 18:30:08 2013. Eastbound Amtraks are detouring on the BN main bypassing Grand Forks so that westbound freights can run via Grand Forks. |
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Re: DERAILMENT: Oil Train - Casselton ND |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Jan 1 00:43:16 2014, in response to DERAILMENT: Oil Train - Casselton ND, posted by Broadway Lion on Mon Dec 30 18:30:08 2013. I heard they were going to let the fire burn itself out. |
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Re: DERAILMENT: Oil Train - Casselton ND |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Jan 1 01:53:41 2014, in response to Re: DERAILMENT: Oil Train - Casselton ND, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Jan 1 00:43:16 2014. If possible, that's the preferred method. Less hazmat to clean up. |
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Re: DERAILMENT: Oil Train - Casselton ND |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Wed Jan 1 07:20:05 2014, in response to Re: DERAILMENT: Oil Train - Casselton ND, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Jan 1 00:43:16 2014. Given the size and equipment of the Casselton Fire Department there was nothing else to do.ROAR |
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