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Derailment Spills 20,000 Gallons of Beer
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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.
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To: Leapfrog
After the incident, Senator Ted Kennedy emerged from the cockpit, shaken but unharmed.
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posted on
11/12/2004 10:50:37 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(If OBL attacks us again, Funky Cold Medina will be the new theme song of Islam.)
To: Leapfrog
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posted on
11/12/2004 10:51:13 AM PST
by
sully777
(Our descendants will be enslaved by political expediency and expenditure)
To: Leapfrog
20,000 gallons of beer on a train
20,000 gallons of beer
If one of those gallons should leak from the train
19,199 gallons of beer on a train...
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posted on
11/12/2004 10:51:26 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
To: Leapfrog
Some people have all of the luck. I have two major railroad tracks within a couple of miles from my house and nothing this good ever happens. I wonder if there are cows and horses near the spill; that would be a hoot.
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posted on
11/12/2004 10:51:36 AM PST
by
vetvetdoug
(In memory of T/Sgt. Secundino "Dean" Baldonado, Jarales, NM-KIA Bien Hoa AFB, RVN 1965)
To: Leapfrog
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20,000 Gallons of Beer....arrrrllgh...
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posted on
11/12/2004 10:51:53 AM PST
by
Petronski
(Great job team! Head back to base for debriefing and cocktails.)
To: Leapfrog
Is there a sign-up sheet of human in-situ remediation?
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posted on
11/12/2004 10:52:00 AM PST
by
kipita
(Rebel – the proletariat response to Aristocracy and Exploitation.)
To: RockinRight
``After the incident, Senator Ted Kennedy emerged from the cockpit, shaken but unharmed.``
How about , "..........shaken but not stirred".
More appropriate.
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posted on
11/12/2004 10:52:15 AM PST
by
mlbford2
("Never wrestle with a pig; you can't win, you just get filthy, and the pig loves it...")
To: Leapfrog
TIME TO RAID THE BARN!
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posted on
11/12/2004 10:52:54 AM PST
by
Lady Jag
(YAHOOO!!! W2!!!)
To: Leapfrog
![](http://www.verd.com/goofy/misc_fun/beer.jpg)
Ugly people are weeping even as we speak!
To: Calpernia; Velveeta; Honestly
Ping
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.
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posted on
11/12/2004 10:53:09 AM PST
by
nw_arizona_granny
(On this day your Prayers are needed!!!!!!!)
To: SeamusVA
Three to three-and-a-half hours, under normal circumstances. As you probably know, it's between Staunton and Richmond.
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posted on
11/12/2004 10:53:23 AM PST
by
savedbygrace
("No Monday morning quarterback has never led a team to victory" GW Bush)
To: Bacon Man; Hap; humblegunner; Allegra; RikaStrom; bobbyd; HoustonCurmudgeon
Oh . . . my . . . GOD.
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posted on
11/12/2004 10:53:58 AM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
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To: wideawake
Yep, let's keep our cool. It's not like we're a bunch of DUers who just heard that a shipment of little umbrellas or fruity malts just derailed.
Maybe it was just Keystone or a near-beer.
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posted on
11/12/2004 10:54:45 AM PST
by
kenth
(Please don't make me have to put a sarcasm tag... it ruins perfectly good sarcasm.)
To: Leapfrog
Derailment Spills 20,000 Gallons of BeerThat's a pisser.
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posted on
11/12/2004 10:55:12 AM PST
by
N. Theknow
(DU, Michael Moore, Hollywood, etc. are all dogcrap on the Shoe Of Life)
To: Leapfrog
This is Hugh! Tell me your not series!
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posted on
11/12/2004 10:55:43 AM PST
by
Tread
To: Leapfrog
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Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!
To: SeamusVA
I'm an idiot. I looked at the map in a hurry. Charlottesville is between Richmond and Staunton, and I know that very well, because we have relatives in Charlottesville. Been there dozens of time. Arrrggggg.
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posted on
11/12/2004 10:56:38 AM PST
by
savedbygrace
("No Monday morning quarterback has never led a team to victory" GW Bush)
To: SeamusVA; Bacon Man; Hap; humblegunner; Allegra; RikaStrom
It'll take me 17 hours or so to do the 1,085 miles from my house to Chilhowie. I have to be in Plantersville, an hour northwest of my house, at 7:30 tomorrow morning. I can't compress the 34 hours of the round trip and the beer time into the 19 hours I have.
YEEEEAAAAAAARRRRGH!
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posted on
11/12/2004 10:57:04 AM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
To: N. Theknow
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posted on
11/12/2004 10:57:06 AM PST
by
Tread
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