Trump pulled the spikes out of the rail tie plates … it’s his fault.
Wonder how this will affect train travel and shipping? That looks pretty gnarled up and not an overnight fix.
Manifest train ( mixed cargo )Looks like a bunch of car carriers in the mix also.
Looking at the map, not a lot of alternate routes, only a loop north or a loop south, both being 85+ miles or so.
I've never been west of Memphis but from what I hear I-40 out west is a pretty busy highway.
Its VERY remote in that area....Looking at the map, not a lot of alternate routes, only a loop north or a loop south, both being 85+ miles or so.
I've never been west of Memphis but from what I hear I-40 out west is a pretty busy highway.
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The highway might not be opened untill tomorrow pending an inspection on the interstate bridge that crosses over the mainline. The crash/ explosion was right next to that bridge. The tankers were allowed to burn out on their own.That section of I-40 will be reopened tonight. It was closed per SOP for HAZMAT Response … there was no damage to the interstate. The bigger question is the rail system that was subject to the fire from 2 or 3 tanker cars carrrying liquid petroleum products that torched ad heated the rails for X number of feet. NTSB will be performing its investigation with repair crews right behind them forming a plan and acting. These 2 railways support a big part of freight and Amtack traffic heads to and from Southern California. Hours down is bad … days are horrible. The rail repair crews respond to things like is like utility crew respond to hurricanes … warp speed.
Manifest train limited to 45 mph in that area. My brother was the engineer on the eastbound stack train behind this train. They were getting ready to run around the manifest train when they had a signal malfunction and the dispatcher delayed them prior to crossing the signal, otherwise they would have been passing them about the time this happened.70 mph(top speed) train, it gets ugly fast when something goes wrong.
Hank Hill wept.Looks like somebody launched a year’s worth of Propane🤯
Fixed it for ya. Bunghole is the top drain of a 55 gallon drum, that actually holds 42 gallons of crude oil. 😜Watch for BUNGHOLE Pete to bicycle in to save the day. 🤓