derailment

Railroad officials say the cars carrying the fuel are not leaking.

Ellendale, MN (KROC-AM News) - A spectacular fire was ignited near a south-central Minnesota town early Saturday to clear away the remaining liquid propane in a tanker car damaged in a train derailment early Friday morning.

ALMA, Wis. (AP) — BNSF Railway says human error caused a train derailment in November that sent more than 20,000 gallons of ethanol into the Mississippi River in Wisconsin.

CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — An Amtrak train struck a piece of heavy equipment just south of Philadelphia on Sunday, causing a derailment that killed two Amtrak workers and sent more than 30 passengers to hospitals, authorities said.

CALLAWAY, Minn. (AP) — Residents evacuated from the small northwestern Minnesota town where a train struck a propane truck can start going home.

BROWNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) — The Canadian Pacific Railroad says around 850 gallons of soybean oil leaked when six tanker cars derailed into the Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota.

WATERTOWN, Wis. (AP) — Canadian Pacific Railway says a broken rail caused an oil train derailment in southeastern Wisconsin last weekend.

WATERTOWN, Wis. (AP) — Canadian Pacific Railway says less than 1,000 gallons of crude oil has spilled after a train derailment that prompted evacuations in southeastern Wisconsin.