UP HAZMAT wreck in Albert Lea, MN

Bridge collapse.

http://siouxlandnews.com/news/local/tra ... for-safety

And another
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews ... bley-iowa/

John_Perkowski wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 10:41 am And another
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews ... bley-iowa/

Okay, apparently I got the one in Sibley in advance.

Local news on the Albert Lea, MN derailment: https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/05/ ... ne-street/

Not looking good on Union Pacific. Gotta stop running those insane-length cars!

I fear these are going to become more and more common as the impacts from PSR cutting take full hold. A veritable nation of Class I-sized MMAs. Grim.

Yeah that's just hyperbole. Nobody died and no private property was damaged.

Sent from my SM-G981U using Tapatalk

eolesen wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 5:29 pm Yeah that's just hyperbole. Nobody died and no private property was damaged.

Sent from my SM-G981U using Tapatalk

Wasn’t there hazmat spill and environmental cleanup?

STrRedWolf wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 3:25 pm

John_Perkowski wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 10:41 am And another
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews ... bley-iowa/

Not looking good on Union Pacific. Gotta stop running those insane-length cars!

what are the "insane" lengths of these cars? 50'? 60'? 89'? unless you are counting a 5-unit stack/well "car", the only insane length car that comes to mind is a schnabel car.

... and of course we don't yet know whether train (or car) length had anything to do with the cause of the derailment.