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Amtrak Derailment

Unread postby Merlin75 » Mon Oct 01, 2012 5:04 pm

Just seen on MSN news that a Amtrak train has derailed near Hanford California. It seems that the Railroads in the US are having a bad year as there have been afew derailments in the news this year.

*Update* Abit more on this story http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local ... 65081.html
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Re: Amtrak Derailment

Unread postby arizonachris » Mon Oct 01, 2012 11:12 pm

Isn't this the second time this year a semi truck has hit a train? (And that pic of the semi is not doubles hauling cotton)
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Re: Amtrak Derailment

Unread postby bpetit » Mon Oct 01, 2012 11:37 pm

I'm looking at it on yahoo atm. Hope those people are ok.
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Re: Amtrak Derailment

Unread postby CrimsonKing » Mon Oct 01, 2012 11:45 pm

Listening to the video, the truck was carrying cotton trash. That and another semi driver drove into a freight train about an hour later and 17 miles south of this accident *!rolleyes!*.
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Re: Amtrak Derailment

Unread postby up_8677 » Wed Oct 03, 2012 12:06 am

These types of accidents leave me scratching my head. Pulling out in front of a train is plenty stupid, but you have to be mighty distracted to not notice a train thundering by in your path...
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Re: Amtrak Derailment

Unread postby UP3985 » Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:36 am

UP 844's tender had a small derail on Saturday Sept 29 in Sacramento, but nothing major. The problem was quickly corrected by the UP Steam Crew.
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