Fuel Spill on Pool 2

  • Steve Root
    South St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 5623
    August 8, 2018 at 1:17 pm #1790345

    Just saw this. The swing bridge they’re talking about is just down river from the airport. “South Metro” is the Fire Department. Not good news.

    S.R.

    “South Metro is aware of a train derailment that occurred on the swing bridge over the Mississippi River early Wednesday morning. This derailment resulted in the spill of approximately 3,500 gallons of fuel into the river. Union Pacific Railroad is working with private contractors, and state and federal officials to contain the spill. The river is currently closed to barge and other large boat traffic between South St. Paul and St. Paul. There is no public safety threat at this time. All media inquiries should be directed to Union Pacific.”

    Jon Jordan
    Keymaster
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 6019
    August 8, 2018 at 1:31 pm #1790348

    Well, that sucks! Wonder if the train ended up in the river?

    -J.

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18623
    August 8, 2018 at 3:06 pm #1790362

    Wonder where the fuel mass is right now?

    Steve Root
    South St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 5623
    August 8, 2018 at 4:21 pm #1790386

    Sounds like the Coast Guard has the whole river shut down all the way to Hastings. If the spill happened at 2AM the fuel could be a long way down river by now.

    S.R.

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13294
    August 8, 2018 at 4:59 pm #1790406

    Wonder if that brdge being hit last fall has anything to do with it?

    damman
    Pepin county Wi
    Posts: 312
    August 9, 2018 at 5:03 am #1790474

    The river is shut down from RM 825.0 to 832.7

    munchy
    NULL
    Posts: 4931
    August 9, 2018 at 5:41 am #1790475

    One drop is too much, but thankfully it was only the tank of a locomotive that got punctured and leaked. Had a bulk fuel tanker been punctured we’d be seeing 10x this amount.

    Here’s video of the scene.

    https://kstp.com/news/train-derailment-leaking-fuel-into-mississippi-river/5022542/

    From the video it looks like the bridge is currently under construction in the area where the derailment occurred. Likely due to the damage that occurred from the barge.

    Steve Root
    South St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 5623
    August 9, 2018 at 1:04 pm #1790604

    This is great…some guy named Walker Smith who is a spokesman for the MN PCA said that “oil floats on the surface of the water so it won’t harm the fish”.

    OK Mr. Smith, I’m going to hand you a straw and then dump diesel fuel in your beer. Oil floats on beer so it should harm you either. Drink up!

    S.R.

    pool2fool
    Inactive
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 1709
    August 9, 2018 at 1:11 pm #1790606

    I’ll be staying upstream for a while. Yuck. Seems like the bridge and tracks would’ve had to have passed inspection relatively recently with the barge accident and all.

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