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Tractor-Trailer Carrying 70,000 Pounds of Bacon Collides with Amtrak Train
thedailymeal ^
| June 8, 2015
| Karen Lo
Posted on 06/09/2015 8:17:37 AM PDT by JoeProBono
A Chicago-bound Amtrak train had an unfortunate encounter with a tractor-trailer carrying 70,000 pounds of bacon that was “obstructing the tracks” last Friday, June 5 — the same day we reported on Indiana’s amazing bacon lottery.
The train, Texas Eagle Train 22, collided with the truck near Illinois Route 53, and managed to overturn the truck, splitting it in half.
“There's boxes everywhere [sic],” a passenger told NBC Chicago. “But somehow the driver was OK.”
None of the crew or passengers were injured in the crash, but we assume all hope for the bacon was lost.
However, if there were any opportunities for passengers to grab a pack of bacon or two, we hope they moved swiftly.
It was a sad day for bacon lovers everywhere, although it’s as good a time as any for that truck driver to start playing that bacon lottery, which offers a few chances to win two decades worth of bacon.
TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: amtrak; bacon; islam; trains; trainwreck; trucking
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To: TurboZamboni
Hat tip for your bacon tip
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posted on
06/09/2015 8:22:01 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: JoeProBono
No snarky comments yet? Some articles I click on for the comments.
To: JoeProBono
Wuz a muzzie train driver, right?
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posted on
06/09/2015 8:22:25 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: Dilbert San Diego
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posted on
06/09/2015 8:23:38 AM PDT
by
Genoa
(Starve the beast.)
To: Bacon Man
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posted on
06/09/2015 8:24:01 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Dilbert San Diego
Yeah....I been trying....but Trains, Trucks and Bacon is a hard one! :0)
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posted on
06/09/2015 8:24:07 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: JoeProBono
“Managed to overturn the truck”? Like it took some doing.
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posted on
06/09/2015 8:25:08 AM PDT
by
Genoa
(Starve the beast.)
To: JoeProBono
No one could save his bacon.
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posted on
06/09/2015 8:28:30 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: JoeProBono
Well that’s a crying shame.
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posted on
06/09/2015 8:30:30 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Knights of Sidonia)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
06/09/2015 8:32:28 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: Gaffer
There’s a country music song in there somewhere........................
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posted on
06/09/2015 8:33:10 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: JoeProBono
The only way this story could improve:
Tractor-Trailer Carrying 70,000 Pounds of Bacon Collides with Amtrak Train FULL OF MUSLIMS
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posted on
06/09/2015 8:33:25 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(America has less than a year left.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
06/09/2015 8:35:00 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: thackney
However, if there were any opportunities for passengers to grab a pack of bacon or two, we hope they moved swiftly.
I wonder if the author intended the pun?.....................
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posted on
06/09/2015 8:35:10 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: Dilbert San Diego
It takes a real ham to make a wry comment on how the trucker’s bacon went from the frying pan to the fire.
To: JoeProBono
The total GVW is 80,000. Sounds like it may have been overloaded.
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posted on
06/09/2015 8:36:59 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
06/09/2015 8:37:28 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
To: JoeProBono
This truck driver won’t be bringing home the bacon for the foreseeable future.
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posted on
06/09/2015 8:38:36 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Claire Wolfe should check her watch. It's time.)
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