Posted on 11/12/2004 10:43:03 AM PST by Michael Goldsberry
CHILHOWIE, Va. - Fourteen cars of an 83-car Norfolk Southern train derailed near an industrial park, leaving the area smelling like a brewery Thursday.
About 20,000 gallons of beer leaked from three cars of the Roanoke-bound train, said railway spokesman Robin Chapman.
No one was injured when the cars skipped the tracks about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Chapman said.
Investigating officers said the leak did not contaminate any nearby water sources nor affect any highways.
"Everything was contained away from the creek," said Jack Tolbert Jr. of the Virginia Department of Emergency Management.
Authorities were investigating the cause of the derailment. All trains scheduled to use the tracks through Chilhowie were held until they were cleared Thursday evening.
"It's Busch's fault."
Clever. LOL
Anyone for a swim?
"what kind of beer is shipped in train cars? Not any that is likely to be any great loss is my conclusion."
Maybe not in this country, but I heard it from an eyewitness (and a heavy user, I might add) that they used to ship fresh Czech beer to Vienna, Austria by railroad tank car every day. Of course, it is but a short distance there.
I cannot speak and I am gulping for beer.
After I typed that, a horror went up my spine. What if it was Guinness?
"I could hardly speak. Gulping for beer, I..."
It's not just for breakfast anymore!
Obviously not Stroh's then.
From that description, my guess would be Miller Lite. It's pretty much pure water.
Nooooooo!
This upsets me more than Arafat dying.
Obviously a TROLL post trying to demoralize FR!
spew!!!
Busted. Put back the 900 missing gallons.
That's thinking inside the box. There are creative solutions. The easiest that comes to mind is that you could charter a plane. Drive faster - if you double your speen, it only takes half the time, leaving 3 hours to spare.
Don't look for problems, find solutions.
It's Congress's fault.
They should NEVER have permitted the beer industry to merge and consolidate to achieve such economies of scale that such massive quantites of beer have to be shipped by rail. We would be MUCH better off if we busted up these centralized brewers of weasel whiz. Then we could have local brewers EVERYWHERE!!!
Nothing like doubling your speen, 'cept stuning your beeber
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