[Karl Spooner]

What I cannot understand is why the RR didn't shunt the cars out from under the overpass - 50 to 100 yards would have prevented the whole problem.

Looks to me they were being stored under the bridge - not on train tracks.

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[Ozark Tom]

Want to bet warehousing combustibles under the free dry space of elevated roadway is a common practice? A ready made road-map for ISIS sympathizers to shut down a city by arson.