Western Railroad Discussion > UP wreck Ames Iowa

Local news in Omaha referenced it. Let me see what I can find. Ames, Iowa

https://www.kcci.com/article/authorities-investigate-train-derailment-in-downtown-ames/36831863

https://www.weareiowa.com/article/traffic/train-derailed-in-ames-dayton-ave-duff-kellogg-clark-hazel/524-3a92c255-b3df-4e81-8a2a-739f77d6b472

https://www.amestrib.com/story/news/2021/06/24/train-derailment-ames-iowa-reported-between-dayton-and-duff-avenue/7782048002/

I have a cousin that works for the city if Ames, he told me the derailment hit and broke something and drained a water tower. 27 cars on the ground lpg leaking. What a mess.

It appears to me that there are two stories: one involves the derailed train and a small propane leak from a tank car, and the other involves a water main leak unrelated to the train incident.

John Wrote:
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> It appears to me that there are two stories: one
> involves the derailed train and a small propane
> leak from a tank car, and the other involves a
> water main leak unrelated to the train incident.

The two incidents seem unrelated.  There no water or mud visible in any the derailment photos.

Derailment happened just short of the Skunk River Bridge. Here is the spot of the derailment;

http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=42.02703,-93.59002&z=18&t=S

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

In the tv video they ran a banner sbout Eldon having 6" of rain so I would suspect soft track here.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

So was this one of the UP's 13,500 foot long trains ?

Bob3985 Wrote:
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> In the tv video they ran a banner sbout Eldon
> having 6" of rain so I would suspect soft track
> here.

The real heavy rains fell in southern Iowa. Ames area has less than 2" in the last week.

Plowhandle Wrote:
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> So was this one of the UP's 13,500 foot long
> trains ?


Word is 14000 to 15000. No confirmation on that however.

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bankshotone Wrote:
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> Plowhandle Wrote:
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> > So was this one of the UP's 13,500 foot long
> > trains ?
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> Word is 14000 to 15000. No confirmation on that
> however.
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> Posted from Android

It blocked all of downtown for a few hours, so it had to be one of the big ones.  it was an MPRNP and they usually run big.

Eldon is a Rock Island town SE of Ottumwa about 10 miles, SE of Ames 110 miles.

Bob3985 Wrote:
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> In the tv video they ran a banner sbout Eldon
> having 6" of rain so I would suspect soft track
> here.

By ATCS track 2 is now open at Ames.