Main authorities fixed the cause of the devastating train derailment that spilled 500 gallons of diesel fuel in 2023 at nearby Beaver Dam.
Six trains and three locomotives from the Pacific Kansas City, Canada (CPKC) derailed in April 2023 in the jurisdiction of Sandwich Academy Grant Township. According to Bangor Daily News. Derailment led the train to enter the adjacent marsh and the Moose River.
“A huge amount of water” passed through Beaver Dam and washed away parts of the railroad tracks, Audialbo, permitting and compliance manager for the Maine Land Use Planning Commission, said at a meeting Wednesday. The flow that causes water to enter the Beaver Dam will let go and the water will flow through the dark vert beneath the tracks.
500 gallons of diesel was poured into Little Blassia Lake after the company did not empty the locomotive saddle tank before removing the engine while the responder was cleaning sections of the rails, According to Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection (MDEP). (Related: “You can feel it at home”: Video shows car on a freight train stacked after a massive derailment)
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Three railway workers have been hospitalized due to train derailment and fire, Associated Press (AP) It has been reported Quote civil servants in 2023. Three locomotives and four lumber cars started fire after the crash. CPKC spokesman C. Doniere Carlson told the Associated Press that two derailed vehicles carrying ethanol and pentamethylheptane, both entitled “Dangerous Goods,” were not involved in the flames. MDEP said the company was unable to move the two cars in question “timely far from the site.”
Bill Jarvis, Jackman Morse River Fire and Rescue Chief; I said In an interview with WMTW News, it was an “absolute miracle” that the three crew members made it without being seriously injured.
“One of them told me when I was coming with a 35 mph train with about 15 million pounds of freight on the train. They knew there was nothing they could do. , the lead locomotive they were on was off right away,” he told the outlet.
The announcement on Wednesday is expected to be the last update on the crash as the repairs have ended, the Bangor Daily News reported.
The crash caused extensive environmental damage, the outlet said. Diesel saturated the soil and, in addition to engine oil and hydraulic fluid poured from the impact, entered Lake Little Blassia.
Since then, fresh dark verts have been placed under the truck and the creek beds have been restored. The dark vert was also graded, allowing the fish to pass through, Arbo told the outlet.
