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Published March 31, 2008 by

Sulfuric Acid Leaking from Railroad Car

According to KSTP’s website:

A Union Pacific train derailed just north of the city of Northfield early Monday morning near Highway 3. . . . About 25 gallons of sulfuric acid leaked out of one car, but by 4 a.m. officials said that was contained. Two other cars are also carrying sulfuric acid. There have not yet been evacuations.

We’ve been unable to reach Union Pacific for comment.

From the StarTribune:

Authorities say a derailment of 26 cars on a Union Pacific freight train near Northfield has caused a leak of sulfuric acid.

Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis says the derailment occurred near a residential area at about 2 a.m. Monday.

Davis says no injuries were reported from the derailment and no evacuations had been ordered as of 6 a.m.

Has anyone seen anything? Anyone know details?

Update – 8:35a Having nothing else to do this morning, I drove up Hwy. 3 to see what I could see. The derailment appeared to be just north of the Greenvale Ave. overpass, right about where the “City of Northfield” sign is, south of the DQ.

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Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin is trying an experiment. If new students choose to leave their cars at home, they get a new Trek mountain bike, helmet and lock…all for…

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Citizen Opposition to Proposed Annexation

The Center for Sustainable Living recently posted on an issue that came before the Planning Commission a couple of weeks ago. The CSL post,
“Council to Decide Fate of Agricultural Land on Feb. 4”, includes a letter and a call for action regarding a request, by Johnson-Reiland Construction Inc. of Burnsville, for annexation of 55 acres just east of Oak Lawn Cemetery on Wall Street Road.

At the Jan. 8 meeting, the Commission voted unanimously to recommend denial of the request. (See the background information and staff recommendation here.) The Planning Commission recommendation was then forwarded to the City Council, which has the final authority in these matters.

More than 30 residents turned out at the Planning Commission meeting to comment, and the Commissioners had many more comments via e-mail and letter before the meeting. The sentiments of the roughly four dozen people whose comments we received could be summed up in the words of one e-mailer: “. . . we do not need more development by large outside development companies at the cost of our prime agricultural land.”

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