The barge sustained minor scrapes.ĭuring a transit downriver, strong wind gusts made the situation unsafe for the Baxter Southern to continue the voyage as planned. The collision resulted in $1.9 million in damages to the locomotive and freight cars. Two train personnel sustained minor injuries. Six of the derailed hopper cars entered the river. Two locomotives and ten hopper cars loaded with coal derailed. The train struck a barge that was overhanging the railroad track. 13, 2021, collision between the towing vessel Baxter Southern and a BNSF coal train transiting the track along the shoreline of the Upper Mississippi River. Marine Investigation Report 22/22 details the NTSB’s investigation into the Nov. 15, 2022) - The National Transportation Board said Thursday that a Mississippi River towing vessel’s pilot and its captain pushed its tow up against a riverbank too close to a railroad track, leading to a collision and train derailment near Galland, Iowa.
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