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| Keywords: DOT-111 Mulford derailment NTSB.png Uploaded with en wp UW marker 2013 07 10 This photograph taken east of the Mulford Road grade crossing in Cherry Valley Illinois shows some of the piled up DOT-111 tank cars in this accident Thirteen of the tank cars lost about 324 000 gallons of ethanol due to head and shell breaches damaged top fittings or damaged bottom outlet valves This represents a release of about 75 percent of the product carried in the 15 derailed tank cars in the pileup This photograph also demonstrates a consequence of this accident in which several of the tank cars came to rest in and near a tributary of the Rock River and released a significant volume of product that resulted in one of the largest fish kills in Illinois history http //www ntsb gov/news/events/2012/cherry_valley/presentations/Hazardous 20Materials 20Board 20Presentation 20508 20Completed pdf On or about June 19 2009 NTSB ;Other information Taken from a 02/17/2012 presentation by Paul L Stancil of the NTSB Office of Railroad Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Rail transport accidents in the United States Cherry Valley Illinois June 2009 in Illinois Rail transport accidents in 2009 2009 events in Illinois PD-USGov | ||||
