DISASTER Train Derailment - Raymond, MN

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BNSF train carrying ethanol in Minnesota derails and catches fire, forcing evacuations in small town

BNSF train carrying ethanol in Minnesota derails and catches fire, forcing evacuations in small town​

Burlington Northern Santa Fe says 22 cars from train have come off the tracks in Raymond​


A Minnesota town outside of Minneapolis has been ordered to evacuate Thursday morning after a train carrying "a form of ethanol" and "a corn syrup liquid" derailed and caught on fire, police say.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway told FOX Business that its train came off the tracks near Raymond around 1 a.m. local time and no injuries were reported.


"Fire departments from Raymond and numerous area departments responded as several of the derailed tankers started on fire and were determined to be carrying a form of ethanol and others with a corn syrup liquid," the Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

"An evacuation area of ½ mile was established around the crash site and law enforcement officers and other EMS assisted with that evacuation," the statement continued. "Residents were instructed to leave their homes and an emergency collection site for those with nowhere to go was established at the Central Minnesota Christian School building in nearby Prinsburg, Minnesota."

Police say the fire is still in the process of being contained Thursday morning and "no travel is advised to the city of Raymond."

Raymond has a population of around 780, according to census data.

BNSF said "Approximately 22 cars carrying mixed freight including ethanol and corn syrup are reported to be derailed.

"BNSF field personnel are responding to assess the derailment site and will be working closely with local first responders," it added, noting that the "main track is blocked and an estimated time for reopening the line is not available."

The cause of the derailment was not immediately clear.

It happened after a train operated by the Canadian National Railway Company derailed near Pittsburgh on Wednesday.
 
Dobbin

Dobbin

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Pete B. called in his "Monkey Wrench Gang" to help with pulling the country down.

It is a conspiracy led from the very top.

Let me guess: Minnesota is pretty "blue" in the cities - but sold MAGA RED in the outliers. This happened in the outliers.

Dobbin
 
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WalknTrot

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Here's a link with some twitter video. Looks like the fire is pretty well out as of daylight. Just a mess with the derailment along Hwy 23 which is sorta one of those main-stem roads that cut E-W across the middle of the state. Hope they get the road cleared quick..some nasty weather in the forecast for the next few days.
www.cbsnews.com

Residents allowed to return home after fiery train derailment in western Minnesota

Residents are now allowed back home after an early morning train derailment prompted an evacuation of the small town of Raymond in Kandiyohi County Thursday.
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Corn syrup and ethanol - processed grain product. Could be worse than ethanol - it should burn off quick and clean.
 
Dobbin

Dobbin

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WalknTrot said:
Here's a link with some twitter video. Looks like the fire is pretty well out as of daylight. Just a mess with the derailment along Hwy 23 which is sorta one of those main-stem roads that cut E-W across the middle of the state. Hope they get the road cleared quick..some nasty weather in the forecast for the next few days.
www.cbsnews.com

Residents allowed to return home after fiery train derailment in western Minnesota

Residents are now allowed back home after an early morning train derailment prompted an evacuation of the small town of Raymond in Kandiyohi County Thursday.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com

Corn syrup and ethanol - processed grain product. Could be worse than ethanol - it should burn off quick and clean.
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Ethanol is the gasoline additive of choice. (rather than tetra-ethyl lead or MBTE) Less ethanol, less conforming gasoline for the masses.

Sound familiar?

You will burn less ga$oline, and be happy. (Take on Klaus Schwab)

Dobbin
 
psychgirl

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I’d keep an eye on anything “grain” from here on out.
Grain dust is explosive. Silos? Trains carrying grains?

**just a thought I’ve had. Especially if using less gasoline can be used as a way of control.
 
Bud in Fla

Bud in Fla

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Terrwyn said:
You've got to be kidding me! I wonder who is behind this and why the government is keeping it under wraps?
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Probably because it IS the govt orchestrating it!

Take your pick - FBI/DHS/CIA/IRS & all the rest are now part of the marxist enforcement wing - the New Brown Shirts & the MSM is their propaganda wing.

Fundamental change -
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx9yyM2YmRs
 
jed turtle

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Tick, tick, tick...

the entire country is a tinderbox waiting to flash. I suspect the dollar crash will be the trigger, but who knows for sure. “How did you go bankrupt, sir?”.........”slowly at first then suddenly”
 
Jackpine Savage

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Another possible cause for this derailment could be a frost heave. When the ground is thawing out this time of year the ground can raise or lower as the soil gets saturated and then refreezes.


During spring thaw the secondary roads up here have temporary weight restrictions, to try and minimize road damage. It is pretty common for a road bed to drop a foot over culverts. If you don't pay attention you can get airborne.
 
Jackpine Savage

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Haybails said:
How stupid are these writers? I just did a simple google map search, turns out this town is closer to South Dakota than it is to Minneapolis.
Yellow Journalism is alive and well . . .

HB
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Minneapolis is the center of their universe. Every place else outstate is just where the rock and cows hang out.

A quote from our Gov. Walz: "it's mostly rocks and cows".
 
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WalknTrot

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Jackpine Savage said:
Another possible cause for this derailment could be a frost heave. When the ground is thawing out this time of year the ground can raise or lower as the soil gets saturated and then refreezes.


During spring thaw the secondary roads up here have temporary weight restrictions, to try and minimize road damage. It is pretty common for a road bed to drop a foot over culverts. If you don't pay attention you can get airborne.
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This for sure. Unstable ground this time of year.

The roads are breaking up much worse than usual this spring because of all the moisture in the ground and in a lot of places, the frost isn't all that deep, but completely saturated with ice. Took the back way into town yesterday afternoon and it was like the pavement had been shelled by mortars.
 
Truthsearch

Truthsearch

Doom is ALWAYS 6 Months Away...
Yet *ANOTHER* Train derailment! How odd so many of these seem to be happening lately. It’s almost like there is some sort of a pattern, possibly created by foreign sabotage agents, attacking the USA. Almost.
 
LightEcho

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dstraito said:
Under attack
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I think we were always under attack. The difference is that now we are not under protection.
All the nasty things that could have happened to us over the last 150 years are now released to do as they will, but within certain limits. If the father of a household is wise and just, the household will be safe. If the head of the household is a bumbling moron, they who are under his failed authority will suffer.
 
LightEcho

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Somebodies won't be getting a delivery on time. How long can you wait before eating again? How long can you go with gasoline. If they squeeze enough, it will eventually dent the marketplace into pain.
 
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WalknTrot

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LightEcho said:
Somebodies won't be getting a delivery on time. How long can you wait before eating again? How long can you go with gasoline. If they squeeze enough, it will eventually dent the marketplace into pain.
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Corn syrup and ethanol. I think we'll live. ;) Worst part is cleaning up the mess.
 
Sammy55

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Jackpine Savage

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Some follow up.

kstp.com

'That's a lot of defects': BNSF safety record under scrutiny after derailment in Minnesota

The section of track in Minnesota where a train carrying ethanol derailed earlier this spring had a history of defects that led to employee complaints, million-dollar lawsuits, and federal safety violations, according to court records reviewed by 5 INVESTIGATES.
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‘That’s a lot of defects’: BNSF safety record under scrutiny after derailment in Minnesota​

Ryan Raiche KSTP

The section of track in Minnesota where a train carrying ethanol derailed earlier this spring had a history of defects that led to employee complaints, million-dollar lawsuits, and federal safety violations, according to court records reviewed by 5 INVESTIGATES.

The derailment of 23 cars on March 30 forced the small town of Raymond to evacuate for several hours as residents feared the worst.

“This is what I worry about. We’ve had so many of them,” said Rose Day, who lives a few blocks from the track.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) is now testing a fractured piece of rail found at the scene of the accident in southwest Minnesota, according to a preliminary report released last month from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

Lawmakers praised the company after top executives flew in from the company’s headquarters in Texas and addressed the media as the tank cars were still burning.

“We apologize for this. We take full accountability for it, and we’ll continue to be here until this is cleaned up,” Katie Farmer, BNSF president and chief executive officer, said that day.

While that quick response is still drawing praise from residents in town, the company’s safety record is under growing scrutiny.

Red tag defects​

5 INVESTIGATES found documented concerns buried in court records over how BNSF responds to safety issues, including on that very line of track.

Those records show that particular 223-mile long section of track — known as the Marshall Subdivision — had nearly 2,000 “red tag defects” from 2000 to 2011.

“That’s a lot of defects,” said Al Blackwell, who reviewed internal company records as part of a personal injury lawsuit in 2014 brought by a former BNSF employee.

Red tag defects are among the most serious and require that trains slow their speed if the track is not immediately repaired, according to a company policy cited in the court records.

“The amount they were having per year, I’ve not seen on any other subdivisions of BNSF, or, for that matter, any other class one railroad,” said Blackwell, who has been in the rail industry for nearly 50 years.

His report stated the company “failed to perform track inspections” and “failed to take corrective or remedial action.”

Two separate Hennepin County juries found BNSF to be “negligent” and “violated federal track regulations,” leading to verdicts totaling nearly $3 million.

“Reporting too many defects”​

BNSF did not respond to multiple requests for an interview but defended its rail line in a statement to 5 INVESTIGATES.

Lena Kent, a BNSF spokesperson, said the red tag defects “date back more than a decade and are not indicative of the company’s proven track record of safety today.”

But the company is fighting another legal battle right now involving safety on the tracks.

BNSF is currently appealing a $1.2 million jury verdict from 2021 that found the company retaliated against a former track inspector in Minnesota who said he was fired for “reporting too many track defects.”

“That is very, very concerning,” said State Rep. Frank Hornstein, DFL-Minneapolis, who has been pushing more regulation of the rail industry for years.

“If we have someone telling the truth, someone blowing the whistle. That person’s opinion should be honored and respected rather than dismissed,” he said.

Hornstein also said he was unaware of the previous “red tag defects” on that same line.

“This is the problem with our system. The railroads say, ‘Trust us.’ How can we trust them? In this type of scenario, it’s like the fox guarding the hen house,” he said.

Ohio derailment​

Questions about railroad safety started to intensify after the Norfolk Southern train derailment in New Palestine, Ohio, earlier this year.

“The media is onto this now all over the country,” said Blackwell, the industry expert.

Hornstein says the records obtained by 5 INVESTIGATES only elevate those concerns.

“The issue with these defects, it’s very serious,” he said. “These trains are carrying hazardous materials, whether it’s oil, whether it’s ethanol, whether it’s other flammable and corrosive and explosive freight, our communities are at risk.”
 
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