(Source: Freight Waves, April 19, 2023)
BNSF is conducting further testing on a piece of fractured rail involved in the March 30 derailment of one of its trains in Raymond, Minnesota. The derailment, which occurred approximately 106 miles northwest of Minneapolis, caused a temporary evacuation of area residents within a half-mile of the site because four cars caught fire. According to an initial investigation report released Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board, BNSF shipped the section of fractured rail to its rail lab in Topeka, Kansas, for further analysis.
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