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| 3/14 Train Wreck in Kansas may not be 'pilot error' |
| 2016-03-16 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #7 In other news, the graphics are merely word-free report on Marco Rubio's campaign..... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2016-03-16 15:54 |
| #6 AH9418 running on the inside track. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-03-16 13:44 |
| #5 Current story is, local business truck crossed the rails, equipment banged the track, knocking it 12" or so out of place. As bman noted, weather has been consistent, and this is a regularly used rail line (not just Amtrak) so any gradual damage or wear would have been spotted. So guessing newbie/seasonal help or good idea fairy giving shortcuts. Rail is pretty much straight. Amtrak stop in Dodge City 20 miles to the east of Cimarron. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-03-16 13:43 |
| #4 WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A truck used to deliver feed to a business where cattle are fattened hit a train track and shifted it at least a foot before an Amtrak train derailed in southwest Kansas and injured at least 32 people, an investigator said Tuesday. National Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener did not say if the feed truck was the cause of the Amtrak Southwest Chief's accident the day earlier. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2016-03-16 13:27 |
| #3 "Local authorities said they were checking whether a vehicle crash may have damaged the track before the accident." "Man-made," but not of the "Global Warming" variety. Maybe something else? |
| Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2016-03-16 12:41 |
| #2 The weather has been very stable up by Cimarron. No wild fluctuations in temperature, not hot, not cold, just very dry and unseasonably warm. |
| Posted by: bman 2016-03-16 11:30 |
| #1 No one is thinking about the rails buckling due to heat stress. Might not have been that hot, but the change in the weather can do it. But that amounts to mediocre maintenance. Possible link to man-made-climate-change! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2016-03-16 11:23 |