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Train-Truck Accident in Chattanooga, Tennessee

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Train-Truck Accident in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Posted by NorthWest on Thursday, July 14, 2016 8:30 PM

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2016/jul/14/train-hits-semi-truck-derails-lookout-valley/375998/#photogallery_2078

No fatalities, but a locomotive on its side and 3 injured. Truck carrying a large hazmat container and a very lucky driver.

Interesting comments at the bottom of the article from the truck owner, an environmental cleanup operation (Fair use):

He said that the truck that was hit was carrying non-hazardous material, and that while the truck was severely damaged, the container it was hauling remained intact. He added that Clean Harbors often cleans up similar environmental messes.

"We typically clean up situations like this for our customers," Kraus said

Awkward...

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Thursday, July 14, 2016 8:46 PM

How in the world did the lumber car not spill its load ?

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Posted by nyc#25 on Thursday, July 14, 2016 9:03 PM

Hopefully the driver will lose his CDL.

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Posted by challenger3980 on Thursday, July 14, 2016 11:31 PM

blue streak 1

How in the world did the lumber car not spill its load ?

 

 

It is a center beam flat that is still mainly upright, with 3 cables on each lumber bundle, which each bundle is likely strapped together. I personally would have been surprised if it had lost it's load.

Doug

May your flanges always stay BETWEEN the rails

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