Martin Nowak found new delivery photos on the Foster Coach website of Medtec ambulances for FoxRiver & Countryside Fire/Rescue and Palos Heights.
Oct 10
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Martin Nowak found new delivery photos on the Foster Coach website of Medtec ambulances for FoxRiver & Countryside Fire/Rescue and Palos Heights.
Tags: Bill Friedrich, Foster Coach Sales, Fox River & Countryside Fire/Rescue District, Fox River and Countryside Fire and Rescue, Martin Nowak, Medtec Ambulance, new ambulance deliveries, Palos Heights Fire Protection District
Oct 10
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Tim Olk drove to Tiskilwa, IL (124 miles south west of Chicago) on Friday to document the partial derailment of a freight train overnight which was carrying ethanol for corn processor Archer Daniels Midland Co.
From the Chicago Tribune:
A freight train loaded with ethanol crashed and exploded near the village’s northeast side early Friday. Witnesses say the resulting explosions shook them awake before dawn and sent bright orange flames and plumes of smoke into the sky.
The Associated Press reported that:
Each tanker cars generally carries about 29,000 gallons of ethanol, experts said. Twenty-six cars on the 131-car train derailed, including seven to nine loaded with ethanol, according to Mick Burkart, chief operating officer of Iowa Interstate Railroad. The fire prevented officials from immediately getting close enough to the train to determine what caused the accident, Burkart said.
Tim has a gallery with more images which can be found HERE.
Tags: Bureau Fire Protection District, fire service tanker operations, port-a-tank, portable tanks, tank cars derailed, tanker opertations, Tim Olk, Tiskilwa train derailment, train derailment in Tiskilwa IL
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