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[quote user="ACY"]I have a feeling (unsubstantiated) that the engine crew's view of the bridge was obscured by the curve, the trees, and possibly by some pulp cars right up until they got through the curve and could see into the "tunnel" of that truss bridge. The trees etc. also might have damped the effect of the air horn. I suspect (again, unsubstantiated) that the engineer had no inkling of a problem until he was less than 1/4 mile from impact. One report said the train was traveling 58 mph. [/quote] At 58 mph, neither advance visibility nor a louder horn would have changed the outcome much...they were still on a bridge with a bed that they were trying to drag off the tracks!
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