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UP conductor passes..

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  • From: Joliet, Illinois
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Posted by David3 on Tuesday, April 15, 2003 3:24 PM
If the family of that conducter reads this I would like to say I'm sorry for their loss.
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UP conductor passes..
Posted by cabforward on Monday, April 14, 2003 4:31 PM
TRAINS NEWSWIRE 4-14-03:

a 54-year old cond. in pocatello, id, died when a hopper he was hanging from struck a derail and overturned.. the car was believed to be traveling too fast and exceeded its stopping point.. the derail was struck and the cond. was under the car when it flipped.. it was unknown if the cond. had seen the derail and intended to jump safely from the car..

no other info. reported..

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