Thursday's derailment in Crawford County involved two of the train's three locomotives and 10 cars carrying a variety of freight, including paint and lithium-ion batteries, said BNSF Railway spokesperson Lena Kent. Four railway employees received minor injuries.
Kent said Friday morning that the two container cars had been removed from the river but she later said that was not the case; that those containers had been "secured to the shore" and are not floating in the river. Rock was being brought to the scene from nearby quarries to build a platform for providing officials with access to remove the train, said De Soto Fire Chief Chris Mussatti.
Evers said Thursday that he was getting regular updates from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the Department of Natural Resources and state emergency management officials.