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cdestroyer
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the empire builder has derailed near joplin montana within the last couple of hours...no reports as yet but it is being posted on twitter....
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Anne Elk
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Anne Elk
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 Sat Sep 25, 2021 8:02 pm |
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Dang, I hope it's not super-serious. I've travelled home on the Empire Builder twice in the last few years. It's a GREAT ride, especially with a "roomette".
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moonspots
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Sun Sep 26, 2021 5:32 am |
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| Anne Elk wrote: | | Dang, I hope it's not super-serious. I've travelled home on the Empire Builder twice in the last few years. It's a GREAT ride, especially with a "roomette". |
Well, as it turns out, it is serious. 3 lives lost, and many injured:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58696143
I've ridden that train many times, and how it derailed there is a mystery to me. The landscape there is completely flat with wide sweeping curves. If I had to offer an opinion, I'd say that whichever company that owns the track has neglected their maintenance duties. It happened here many years ago when a freight derailed, spilling ~200,000 gallons of liquid ammonium nitrate into town. It was eventually determined that the track owner was negligent in the maintenance of the track, and if I recall correctly, it was caused by a bad section of track being replaced by a 10" piece of track instead of replacing the entire section. I've been cogitating on whether to take Amtrak or drive on our next trip out, so I see that the decision has been made.
Sad business, indeed.
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cdestroyer
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treeswarper
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treeswarper
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Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:02 pm |
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I went through there on Friday. I drove on highway 2 to Wisconsin and then after a few days there, returned the same way. I noticed a lot of BNSF pickups in that area and quite a few of their workers would be parked, or standing near the tracks. I was thinking that those tracks must be in pretty good shape, but now wonder. What is scary is that some pretty long oil trains use that route. What a mess that would be. Hope they get things sorted out but too bad folks were killed and injured.
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