National Transportation Safety Board Hazardous Materials Accident Report: Derailment of Burlington Northern Freight Train No. 01-142-30 and Release of Hazardous Materials in the Town of Superior, Wisconsin, June 30, 1992
National Transportation Safety Board Hazardous Materials Accident Report: Derailment of Burlington Northern Freight Train No. 01-142-30 and Release of Hazardous Materials in the Town of Superior, Wisconsin, June 30, 1992
The report explains the derailment of Burlington Northern Railroad freight train in the Town of Superior, Wisconsin, on June 30, 1992, and subsequent release of aromatic concentrates into the Nemadji River. The more volatile constituents of the aromatic concentrates evaporated from the surface of the river and formed a vapor cloud about 20 miles long and 5 miles wide, resulting in the evacuation of more than 40,000 people from the Town and City of Superior, Wisconsin, the city of Duluth, Minnesota, and the surrounding areas. The safety issues discussed in the report are (1) the adequacy of the Federal Railroad Administration track safety standards for rail-head surface conditions; (2) the lack of objective criteria by which to identify or to define rail-head surface conditions; (3) the adequacy of internal inspection methods for rail with severe shelling or other significant surface conditions; (4) the accident performance of the tank cars; and (5) the release of the aromatic concentrates and the consequences of the release.
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National Transportation Safety Board Hazardous Materials Accident Report: Derailment of Burlington Northern Freight Train No. 01-142-30 and Release of Hazardous Materials in the Town of Superior, Wisconsin, June 30, 1992
1994
112 pages
Report
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Englisch
Transportation Safety , Railroad Transportation , Railroad accidents , Accident investigations , Derailment , Hazardous materials , Railroad tracks , Fractures(Materials) , Failure , Hydrocarbons , Evacuation , Wisconsin , Shelled rail , Rail-head surface conditions , Nemadji River , Superior(Wisconsin)