BNSF says human error cause of Alma train derailment. Apr 11, 2016; (0). derailment.jpg. Associated Press. A BNSF train derailment Nov. 7 near Alma, Wis., spilled thousands of gallons of denatured alcohol -- ethanol -- into the Mississippi River. No ...
ALMA, Wis. (WEAU) -- With two train derailments in Wisconsin in as many days, a Wisconsin Senator is calling for action saying there needs to be better training and planning to make our communities safer. On Saturday, 25 cars derailed on a track near Alma.
A top federal regulator of railroads will tour the site of last weekend's train derailment and fuel spill near La Crosse on Thursday. U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., said her office and the office of Federal Railroad Administration head Sarah Feinberg ...
Crews continue working Sunday to clean up following a train derailment. It happened Saturday morning, November 7th at 8:45 a.m. near Alma. According to Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway, a mixed freight train derailed a combination of 25 auto ...
Just before 9 a.m, the Buffalo County Sheriff's Department said 32 cars fell off the tracks near Highway 35 and County Road I, about 2 miles north of Alma. The Sheriff's Department said five of the cars were carrying ethanol that leaked into the ...