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The advisory says both BNSF main tracks were affected after a derailment at 10:53 am. Central time.
The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald newspaper reports that more than five cars derailed and that some landed in the Mississippi River.
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As the Milwaukee got to LaCrosse first, it was primus inter pares and controlled movements; likely that successor CP does to this day.
Neither Charles. Ex-CNW LAX-Onalaska-Winona abandoned in the (mid?) 70s replaced by MILW trackage rights.
Was still in place in early 70s when I was in HS and some buddies and I bicycled from Waukesha County to La Crosse. Naturally I took the opportunity to hang around at Grand Crossing, where it was not only fun to watch plenty of trains (no CNW moves tho) but also the operation of the gray MILW levers-and-rods interlocking tower controlling the triangle of diamonds, connecting tracks, and home signals (the CNW one of which was a rod-controlled semaphore.
I didn’t realize there were multiple photos there. Looks like the lead unit remained upright and made it a couple hundred feet further down the tracks, while the engine on its side was the second unit.
Am I correct that the engine appears to be a Ferromex locomotive? Maybe ex-Ferromex?
CURTIS – There’s a bike path/ walking trail going NE from north end of Lacrosse. Was this the GBW branch you’re talking about? Or was it a MILW R/W perhaps to a ferry before the river was bridged.
Piling on…
The news reports say, “no leak in the river”. I’m glad the boulder didn’t fall far enough to punch a hole into the river floor.
On the other hand, that might have explained how East Dubuque wound up in Iowa, at least until the leak was plugged.
Here’s one more historical tidbit: at one time the GB&W had a branch down to LaCrosse, helping create “Grand Crossing” where it muddled with the Milwaukee, the Northwestern, and the Burlington. For some reason successor BN has a sizeable yard to the north of it.
Did Iowa annex all of Illinois? Or just East Dubuque?
Actually TRAINS-MAG only needs to read itself. East Dubuque, Illinois, has been covered countless times including a recent issue.
Might we see detours via Galesburg, Lincoln, an Alliance? Or might they use another RR between Chicago and St. Paul?
Reading the comment concerning the location of the BN, whoever writes these summaries needs to look at maps to see just where this railroad and that railroad operate.
Speaking of the BN and the mighty Missip. here’s a side-track howler…the Feb. Trains carried an article by Robt. J. Wise titled “Golf Balls & Western” showing a routing (with map!) with interchange between the GB&W and BN in Winona, Minn. Either Mr. Wise did not author the article, or the map artist, Rick Johnson, just had to invent the impossible, or Mr. Wrinn (who has yet to confess) hoped this “copy-issue” would die. For the record, the Green Bay Route interchanged with the BN (CB&Q) at East Winona, on the east bank of the Missip. and as long as the C&NW bridge allowed, interchanged with the Northwestern and Milwaukee in Winona (on the west bank.
Oops or should I say Splash!
East Dubuque is not in Iowa. It is in Illinois.
Heading north probably empty auto racks? If so fortunate that no leaks would result. What a stroke of misfortune for BNSF. Nw, who owns that rock?
That is one heck of a boulder!
Interesting, you can see the large rock in the newspaper photo.