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This section of track occurs in an area that has a very unique type of soil. It is called Yazoo Clay and is only found in the central Mississippi and delta of Mississippi area. It is extremely expansive and cause severe problems for any type of construction in this area. It causes problems for railroad roadbeds, building, highways, etc.. When it is kept in a constant state, either wet or dry, there is no movement. If dry, when it becomes wet, it expands two to three times it's original size. When wet, and it dries out, it shrinks. We have had a period of about three weeks of no rain, so this may be one of the problems associated with that stretch of track. Latest from the media is that the engineer saw some sort of misalignment in the track and applied the brakes, then saw the right rail roll out. He then went into emergency. All of this happened in twenty seconds. Hats off to the quick action of the engineer. Track has reopened and had both the north and south bound City of New Orleans through yesterday. Still under slow order until cars are removed. Some of the freight traffic has been rerouted on the other North/South line (Grenada District). Sympathy to the family who lost a loved one.
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