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Freight derailment on BNSF mainline in Montana affects 3,000 Amtrak passengers
West Central Tribune ^ | December 30, 2008 | News Staff

Posted on 01/04/2009 3:07:39 PM PST by An Old Man

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To: ConorMacNessa

Up by Isaac Walton Inn


21 posted on 01/04/2009 4:02:16 PM PST by aumrl
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Unless these cars were really strapped down they will have to be scrapped.


22 posted on 01/04/2009 4:03:50 PM PST by RichardW
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"Unless these cars were really strapped down they will have to be scrapped. "

I watched aloaded automotive rail car simulator for a while once, but don't think it went through a simulated roll over. ;-)

23 posted on 01/04/2009 4:26:39 PM PST by Paladin2 (No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
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"Up by Isaac Walton Inn"

One can haul through there using the M$ Rail Simulator game.

24 posted on 01/04/2009 4:29:05 PM PST by Paladin2 (No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
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To: An Old Man

WOW - I and my family were on the Empire Builder from Chicago that weekend ... I saw the previous derailment on our way east the week before ... the train was 13 hours late leaving Seattle on the 19th. and 8 hours late leaving Chicago. We had to stay overnight in Seattle because we missed the ferry and bus ride (2 of them) home ... it still beats flying commercial though ....when we left Chicago people were sleeping in the terminal (3 days) on cots (if you could get them) they also had to pay for their own food. AMTRAK in Seattle bought Subway sandwiches for all plus water twice that evening. No airline provided anything for their people - Go AMTRAK!


25 posted on 01/04/2009 4:58:52 PM PST by SkyDancer ("Talent Without Ambition Is Sad, Ambition Without Talent Is Worse")
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