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To: mewzilla

Yeah, it looks like the front of the train didn’t want to go around the bend.

http://komonews.com/news/local/gallery/derailed-train-falls-off-bridge-onto-i-5-lanes-south-of-tacoma#photo-7


153 posted on 12/18/2017 9:50:56 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Yeah, it looks like the front of the train didn’t want to go around the bend.


Was the front engine braking against the rear engine, I wonder?


156 posted on 12/18/2017 9:52:04 AM PST by txhurl (Banana Republicans, as far as the eye can see)
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To: Paladin2

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>> “Yeah, it looks like the front of the train didn’t want to go around the bend.” <<

Cuz the back of the train was pretending to be the front!

It was a “pusher” train.


198 posted on 12/18/2017 10:35:52 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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Yeah, it looks like the front of the train didn’t want to go around the bend.

KOMO now saying "possible track obstruction"...

203 posted on 12/18/2017 10:38:30 AM PST by llevrok (Swamp nothing! Give Washington DC an enema !)
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