HARTFORD, Wis. — Three crew members were injured when a Wisconsin & Southern Railroad train derailed today (June 30, 2025) in the town of Hartford, near Independence Ave.
The derailment occurred about 9:30 a.m. Hartford Fire Chief Tony Burgard told a press conference that the three people had walked to a nearby road and were taking to a hospital with minor injuries and for further assessment and evaluation. Three locomotives and 19 cars had derailed from a train of at least 50 cars, Burgard said. The fuel tank on one locomotive was damaged, leading to a leak of “several thousand gallons” of fuel. A tank car of nitrous oxide was among those that derailed but no leak was reported.
Hartford firefighters were assisted by seven different agencies in addressing the derailment and spill. An environmental management firm was also on hand to address the spilled fuel.
Wisconsin & Southern, a Watco railroad, operates some 640 miles of track along with 160 miles of trackage rights. Hartford is on the railroad’s Milwaukee Subdivision, about 35 miles northwest of Milwaukee.
— Updated at 6:10 p.m. CT with correct information on derailment location.
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