Railroads continue moving trains despite high water
A BNSF train tiptoes through high water at Savanna, Ill., on April 29, 2023. Jeremy J. Schrader.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said high water and flooding may have been a factor in last week’s derailment of a BNSF derailment near De Soto, Wis., although investigation is continuing. That incident sent some cars into the Mississippi River [see “BNSF reopens track at site of Wisconsin derailment,” Trains News Wire,” April 29, 2023]. But it’s clear that railroads were dealing with flooding elsewhere along the Mississippi River, as these photos from Savanna, Ill., and Davenport, Iowa, indicate. Thank photographers Jeremy J. Schrader and Erik Rasmussen for the images.
Normally, there would be parking lots and a riverfront park along the CPKC tracks carrying this ethanol train. But not on April 30, 2023, as the Mississippi River overflows its banks. The baseball field and Ferris Wheel in the foregrond are part of Modern Woodmen Park, home of the minor-league Quad Cities River Bandits. Fortunately for the team, it is not scheduled to play its next home game until May 9. Erik RasmussenShare this article
