On 9/22/16 at 0540, an eastbound BNSF train derailed approximately 2 miles north of Ferryville, WI. Two locomotives and six rail cars derailed after the toe hold of a bridge crossing a backwater of the Mississippi River washed out due to extensive flooding after a rain event of approximately 10 inches. Four cars carrying gypsum board, one tank car of ethanol residue, and one car of vegetable oil residue derailed. Both tank cars survived the derailment intact. However, the saddle tank of one of the locomotives ruptured and lost its contents of an estimated 1170 gallons of diesel to the ballast and the adjacent river. All relevant notifications were made.
OSC Andy Maguire was deployed to the site during the morning of 9/22/16
