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Derailment at Milan, TX,
Posted by NP Eddie on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 3:51 PM

There is a news item about a grade crossing crossing and derailment at Milan, TX. That shows on the MP and Gulf Coast and Sante Fe.  Was this UP or BNSF?

The author must have been British as it involved at goods train and lorry.  The train hit a flat bed on a crossing. I saw pictures and it was a messy fire. It did not state if the train derailed.

 

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 4:06 PM

BNSF.

This report says the 18 wheeler ran into the side of the train:

https://theeagle.com/news/18-wheeler-derails-13-train-cars-starts-large-fire-in-crash-near-cameron/article_bfdbde0c-75fd-11eb-b4cb-ef7920b12ac1.html

 This looks to be the crossing:  N 30 49' 49" W 96 55' 49"

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Posted by GBSD70ACe on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 4:07 PM

It was between Cameron and Hoyte on the Galveston Sub.....

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Posted by diningcar on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 5:24 PM

Now BNSF, formerly Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe and then Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. 

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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 10:46 PM

Trucker is gonna get a whopper of a bill from BNSF.

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Posted by SD70Dude on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 10:55 PM

mudchicken

Trucker is gonna get a whopper of a bill from BNSF.

Even bigger than his next hydro electricity bill?

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Posted by greyhounds on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 11:01 PM

mudchicken
Trucker is gonna get a whopper of a bill from BNSF.

The BNSF can send a bill for damages.  Collecting the money will be the problem.  Been there, done that, don't want to do it again.

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Posted by mudchicken on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 7:00 AM

greyhounds

 

 
mudchicken
Trucker is gonna get a whopper of a bill from BNSF.

 

The BNSF can send a bill for damages.  Collecting the money will be the problem.  Been there, done that, don't want to do it again.

 

and then come the legal bills....

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Posted by Overmod on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 7:13 AM

greyhounds
 
mudchicken
Trucker is gonna get a whopper of a bill from BNSF

The BNSF can send a bill for damages.  Collecting the money will be the problem.

The fun bill will be from responders and government.  Who pays when the driver and whoever owns the truck conveniently file for bankruptcy? 

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