Railroad Still Investigating 30 Tons Of Missing Dyno Nobel Explosive

Cowboy State Daily ^ | March 25, 2024 | Pat Maio

[Red Badger]

👌😁👍........................

[Blurb2350]

Yes, that’s the likely explanation — it simply leaked all along the route. Perhaps the chutes weren’t properly secured. From the story: “As we have previously indicated, all the available evidence suggests this was a leak that occurred over the course of transportation from origin to destination.” And yes, it’s just fertilizer.

[bgill]

To be sure, there would be many who would volunteer to provide a little help along the rail.

Or was it never loaded onto that particular train and is stored for later use?

[Red Badger]

30 tons of fertilizer is a bit much to hide or misplace...............

[Manic_Episode]

I'd guess some severe, extreme, super ultra mega social engineering McVeigh style might be in the works by one side or another, each blaming the other.

Election year and all that.

[EnderWiggin1970]

Did the soyboys that did this investigation ever think to go out and walk/drive along the railroad tracks looking for evidence of 30 tons of leaked explosives material? Because there should be some trace.

It would be a no-brainer if someone DID steal it, that they would leave an open valve or something like that to allow for just such an "explanation" by lazy investigators.

[Red Badger]

IIRC, the valves were closed when the railcar made it to California.................

[VTenigma]

I blame Walter White. Seriously though with the fertilizer shortage it could have gone missing for that purpose.

[Red Badger]

True, it is a fungible commodity.........................

[Don W]

Perhaps something like THIS?

At how many sidings, and how long at each siding did the railcar sit unattended? 1000 miles is a maximum of 3 days travel uninterrupted on a freight train.

[Don W]

LOL, You and I both posted that clip.

[kawhill]

We used to use ammonium nitrate out here on the farm until the OKC bombing and then the local COOP wouldn’t sell it to us anymore, had to be urea nitrogen, even after forty years of us buying it from them. It’s an inert compound until you mix it with diesel fuel. 30 tons? That could make a pretty big bang.

[Honest Nigerian]

The headline should include words like “BOMBSHELL” and “EXPLOSIVE”.

[Red Badger]

It does.................

[minnesota_bound]

I have read stories of car oil changes where the oil is drained out but the mechanic forgot to put oil back in....
Then there is a story about not bolting in a door plug in an airplane....

[Organic Panic]

There will be lots of happy plants along the route.

[Red Badger]

I’ve grown a few ‘Happy Plants’...................😎

[Red Badger]

That actually happened to a former co-worker of mine.

She took her SUV to one of those 10 minute oil change places and they didn’t tighten the drain plug.

She got a new engine.......................

[Scrambler Bob]

when the rail car arrived in Mojave, California, about 35 miles southwest of Saltdale.
= = =

Did you check out where Saltdale is?

Looks like the middle of nowhere.

Who uses the explosive there?