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Train Wreck

Just glimpsed some pictures on the news concerning the storms we saw here in the southwest section of the country. They showed pictures from the air of a train wreck due to washed out roadbed. It looked like a string of automax cars scattered like toy trains. At first I thought they were passenger cars but as they zoomed in I'm quite sure they were automax cars. I certainly hope they were something other than passenger cars. Nothing about the locomotive crews so hopefully they are ok. It may have been in Arizona.......not sure as I just caught the tail end of the news bite but it looked like a desert flash flood. Bruce

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Bruce Favinger
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This might be the one you refer to:

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Ken Rice

Thanks Ken but the one I saw was a wash out and the water still rushing over the right of way. The UP collision you referred too looks bad and was tragic for the crew. Some one in the UP system really fowled up. Bruce

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Bruce Favinger

"Freight train derailed in Oklahoma flood"

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"Two locomotives and 13 cars of a 32-car southbound train were knocked off the tracks north of Kingfisher, UP spokesman John Bromley told the Daily Oklahoman. The freight was hauling automobiles from Kansas City, Kan., to Oklahoma City. Some of the automobiles burned and three crew members were briefly trapped on top of the train, Bromley said. They were rescued by a maintenance crew and not seriously injured."

John Bromley has had a busy day.

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Mark Mathu

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Steve Caple

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Bruce Favinger

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