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NTSB Board Meeting: Union Pacific Ethanol Train Derailment, Graettinger, Iowa

On March 10, 2017, about 12:50 a.m., central standard time, eastbound Union Pacific Railroad unit ethanol train, UEGKOT-09, with 3 locomotives, 98 loaded tank cars, and 2 buffer cars filled with sand derailed near milepost 56.8 at a timber railroad bridge near Graettinger, Iowa.P0F Twenty loaded tank cars in positions 21 through 40 derailed. Fourteen of the derailed tank cars released about 322,000 gallons of undenatured ethanol, ethyl alcohol without a denaturant added to it, fueling a postaccident fire. The accident occurred near Jack Creek, a tributary of the Des Moines River.P1F There were no injuries and three nearby homes were evacuated. About 400 feet of railroad track and a 152-foot railroad bridge were destroyed in the accident. The following are safety issues in this accident: • Adequacy of Union Pacific Railroad’s track maintenance and inspection program • Adequacy of the Federal Railroad Administration’s oversight • Transportation of fuel ethanol without the use of volatile organic chemical denaturants