[TEXOKIE]

Prayers up for the three MIA train workers, and the one injured, and all who are affected by this disaster.

[TEXOKIE]

Texas freight train wreck in city of Panhandle, Texas. 3 crew thought dead, 1 survived.

bgill, I saw your link about this on the Texas Board, but this story is different. I could not figure out how to post on your board (Maybe I can’t!) so, if you would, when you get a chance, please offer my condolences to our Texas Freepers for this loss and disaster. Thank you.

Merciful Father,

Please be with and enfold the souls of those 3 who are feared dead. Comfort and help their families and loved ones and communities. Help the survivor heal. Grant that there be a minimizing of this kind of disaster in the future. Amen

[TexasGator]

Would have been prevented .... in 2018.

“BNSF has pledged to meet a 2018 federal deadline to adopt technology, called positive train control or PTC, that relies on GPS, wireless radio and computers to monitor train positions and automatically slow or stop trains that are in danger of colliding, derailing due to excessive speed or about to enter track where crews are working or that is otherwise off limits. At least three freight railroads have said they’ll need an extension to 2020.”

[AlaskaErik]

Ouch.

[libstripper]

It's hard for me to understand how this happened. When I was in college about 50 years ago, I spent three summers working as a fireman on a large railroad. There was a block system with red, yellow, and green lights that told the engine crews if there was another train on the track ahead of them. A green light indicated all clear, flashing yellow indicated approaching train or other caution, and red said STOP NOW. It's hard for me to believe a system like that wasn't operating on those tracks, unless there was some kind of sabotage.

[COBOL2Java]

Prayers up for the three MIA train workers

And their families. :-(

[COBOL2Java]

Ttwo freight trains burn after they collided and derailed near Panhandle, Texas, June 28, 2016.