train tressel burns in texas

rtraincollector

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From: South Carolina
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Posted by rtraincollector on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 6:04 PM

This was on my yahoo news page

http://screen.yahoo.com/railroad-bridge-fire-collapses-dominoes-123604881.html

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Firelock76

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From: Henrico, VA
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Posted by Firelock76 on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 6:38 PM

Good Lord! How did that fire start? Any word on that?

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Buckeye Riveter

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 7:32 PM

Amazing video! Thanks for posting this RT. Yes

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charliebrown

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Posted by charliebrown on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:51 PM

Looks like a planned burn.

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jeffrey-wimberly

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 9:21 PM

charliebrown

Looks like a planned burn.

Nope. Wasn't planned. Nobody seems to know what started it but it's said there was some kind of construction going on in the area. The fire started at one end. The bridge was fully engulfed when the fire depts (three volunteer depts responded) got there and there wasn't anything they could do. Not enough manpower, not enough water and not the right equipment. When that much creosote is burning it puts off a tremendous amount of heat. I was a fire fighter for seventeen years. I always hated fires involving creosote and lighter pine. About all you can do is keep the fire from spreading. Most times you're not putting it out.

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hscsltb

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November 2006
From: Rhode Island
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Posted by hscsltb on Thursday, May 23, 2013 9:21 PM

When we had the dock fire at work the creosote timbers burned from the inside out. took a few days to put everything out.

Harold Brown

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