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TRAIN WECK IN Granitville,SC

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Posted by oskar on Thursday, January 6, 2005 2:13 PM
I forgot the swich was the problem of the weck



NS has had 2 wecks in the 2 past month's



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Posted by oskar on Thursday, January 6, 2005 2:11 PM
UPDATE: a train ran in to another train that was on a siding the conductor was takin to the hospital the engineer died. it units look like 2 highnoses or one is NS 3548?? both NS units the train came from NS Nixon yard to Columbia. the cars are still dropping gas but those people that live in SC look out for damaged units and some might be retired. the death toll is up some dog's were killed with some workers of the plant .


PS dose anyone know if there is any plans for the NS on this crash dose anyone know if any trains are going to Augusta by being rerouted



I will give you any news as it comes




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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 6, 2005 9:25 AM
Here's the link to NEWSDAY Article:

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-train-wreck,0,6580557.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 6, 2005 8:14 AM
Cha Ching!!

NS is gonna fork over alot of money for this one. Half a dozen textile mills and 4 schools closed. Lets not forget the countless number of people having to evacuate. Changing train routes. Not gonna be cheap, thats for sure.

News Release from Yahoo.! News
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20050106/ap_on_re_us/train_wreck
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TRAIN WECK IN Granitville,SC
Posted by oskar on Thursday, January 6, 2005 5:37 AM
Breaking news a taker train and another train the tanker train had chloine in it some people are going to the hospital or USC Akien it happened around 3 A.M. that's all I know and these are the following trains that are going to get rerouted or delayed are 155,157,191 any of those trains could have been wecked it's on NS for more info try

www.wjbf.com
www.wagt.com




I will give you more news as it comes



kevin

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