Posted on 12/18/2017 8:44:10 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
(KOMO) — PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. - All southbound lanes of Interstate 5 are closed south of Joint Base Lewis-McChord after an Amtrak train derailed and fell off an overpass onto the freeway. Some injuries have been reported. View image on Twitter View image on Twitter
Chris Karnes 🌹 @TacomaTransit The train has derailed. Emergency crews are on the scene. Massive damage. People are hurt. 10:01 AM - Dec 18, 2017 24 24 Replies 119 119 Retweets 30 30 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy
Motorists are being warned to avoid the area. "I was just shocked," said Peter Zimmerman of Olympia. "I couldn't believe it. It was like something out of a movie." State transportation officials say the train derailed near Mounts Road. View image on TwitterView image on Twitter
Danae Orlob @naenae007 @komonews 9:55 AM - Dec 18, 2017 12 12 Replies 9 9 Retweets 4 4 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy
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WSDOT Tacoma Traffic ✔ @wsdot_tacoma All SB lanes of I-5 blocked near Mounts Road in Pierce County due to derailed train car. Avoid area! 9:45 AM - Dec 18, 2017 33 33 Replies 470 470 Retweets 118 118 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy Amtrak officials said the train was the No. 501, which operates between Seattle and Portland. The train had just begun using a new high-speed route Monday morning. Lakewood city oficials had earlier expressed fears that the new route would cause serious accidents.
Amtrak service south of Seattle is temporarily suspended. Service from Seattle to points north and east is continuing to operate.
Inslee’s the Governor. I’ve driven this stretch of road a lot and no fatalities on the road itself is a miracle.
My first thought when hearing this on the radio news a while ago was “I wonder if it was ANTIFA types, who have been blockading and sabotaging railroad tracks in this area for months.”
That is going to be my working theory until proven otherwise.
Inslee is the brain-dead libtard Governor of Washington.
Mentions the concrete on train tracks threat.
“Love to see a link on that!”
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https://archive.fo/bPId4
Mine, too.
Thanks. Governor declaring a state of emergency doesn’t really get my attention. Especially a liberal governor. They love attention
Really hard to access Posobiec’s Twitter feed. The page will not load all of a sudden.
Anarchists in the northwest have apparently been bragging for weeks about sabotaging train tracks in Washington state.
I can’t get to his page now to find the anarchist link he archived. The original link is gone, but he saved a copy.
Inslee is our commie governor. Man he’s irritating... lispy feggot.
I’ll say it again, Western Washington has been invaded by homeless drug addicted bums. This is one of the most used routes by these people. If this is vandalism, then it’s by these walking dead bums that are plaguing the i5 corridor.
This is one of the worst places for this to happen, as far as traffic re routing goes. This is a logistical nightmare now.
Getting around this is not easy, you have to drive a long ways to the east to make it around. And those small highways are already clogged with long distance commuters to the cities.
I was curious to see what the state of emergency encompassed. Can’t find anything specific, just Inslee bleating about the situation being an emergency. Well, duh, gov. If there’s been some kind of declaration, haven’t found it yet. Or this could be more bad reportage by reporters who can’t tell the difference.
Considering the proximity to that big military base, I’m doubting a bum did this.
Did you know there are now two bridges there? Tool bridges of course.
I’m certain that this is a telephoto shot so the perspective is bunched but I’m also certain that a train traveling at 80 MPH would not survive this curve. 18 MPH, it would likely be fine.
https://archive.fo/bPId4/5179a22300e8fd4dd77acd1bedbf56d0bba1d3ad.png
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She my post above about the photographer. He said an official told him they were about to cross I5 and he said it went by fast.
Self-driving “prison’ cars are only for the political elite, well-connected high functionaries get bicycles, the rest of us have to walk ...
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