FOUNTAIN CITY Wis.—A man walking his dog on the Burlington Northern double-track mainline was killed when struck by a freight train. The dog died too. Without explanation Buffalo County Sheriff Mike Osmond didn’t release the man’s name. The accident was about 11 a.m. near Lock and Dam 5A south of Fountain City. Northbound trains along the Mississippi River are authorized at 72 mph. South-bound trains headed for LaCroosse usually are slowing for a switch to single tracks across backwater swamps at Bluff Siding.
Pedestrian crossing near Lock and Dam 5-A in vicinity of where fatality occurred. Image: Steve Lunde