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Well...it happened again on my RR at Longview JCT. Another derailment, 75' from where a plack was erected to the dead crew members from another huge and deadly derailment 8 yrs. ago! Same circumstances. A southbound BN going through a crossover from Main2 to Main1. Luckily 2/3 of the BN was through the crossover when a northbound UP on Main2 either 'blew' a block or whatever and hit the rear portion of the BN. The UP personel will survive thank god. The BN crew probably did'nt know what happened. They just lost their air and thought maybe a bad air-hose or whatever. When circumstances like this occur, the dispatchers and the signal dept. will 'circle the wagons' and be very tight lipped. This was in CTC, so there should be a recording of the signal aspect in question. This will be very interesting to see how it all shakes out again...Hommie
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