Episode 058: (Rail) 2013 Casselton Train Derailment - a podcast by Andy & Michele Sargent

On December 30, 2013, at 2:10 p.m. CST, a westbound BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) train with 112 cars loaded with grain derailed 13 cars near Casselton, North Dakota. The first car that derailed (the 45th car) fouled the adjacent track. At 2:11 p.m. an eastbound BNSF train with 104 tank cars loaded with petroleum crude oil, struck the derailed car that was fouling the track and derailed two head-end locomotives, a buffer car, and 20 cars loaded with crude oil. After the collision, about 476,000 gallons of crude oil were released and burned. No injuries were reported by residents or either of the train crews.

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