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Train hits fallen tree on tracks in Iowa Falls, Iowa Falls IA

Traffic

Reported: 9/30/2025 04:59 PM

Iowa Falls, IA 50126

A train struck a large tree that had fallen and broken in half across the tracks near Mills Tower in Iowa Falls. The train stopped, the crew checked for damage, and no injuries or major damage were found. They cleared most of the debris from the rail to allow safe passage for the next train.

Audio|Source: Mills Tower Rail

02:2

Transcript:

00:00

Yeah, we just hit a 3-1-5-4.

00:05

5-7.4, you're all stopped. You guys okay, over?

00:09

We're coming to a stop, but yeah, we're okay. We're okay, just like it was already going to cut things out. So when you get stopped is the dead wall speaking.

00:21

Good size tree, though.

00:23

Nice tree, let me know if you get...

00:26

Be careful there and I'll watch the tile call my maintainer right now.

00:34

There,

00:36

Brian, it looks like a dent tree that fell over, it broke in half right over the track.

00:43

I just kind of pushed it out of the way on the conductor side.

00:48

The other side of the track, it was clear the rail.

00:55

It was about 20 inches of diameter to just move the side. I don't know if it did any damage to CalPisher or not.

01:08

Pass, you over.

01:09

T6, 2nda.

01:22

2623 over?

01:24

Yeah Brian,

01:26

the back around left at the snow plow there. It doesn't look like it did any damage at all.

01:31

Just wanted to let you know that was over the rail there.

01:36

It was over the rail,

01:39

we hit it,

01:40

no damage at all, and is it still, is it just debris everywhere or does it need to be cleared out of there for the next train over it? Well, it was just the truck of the train, and I think I cleared it off the rail just fine,

01:53

kind of shattered over the top of the rail.

01:56

Most of that went east of the rail, there were some still sitting on the...

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