BigDaddy another view. Not really definative.
another view. Not really definative.
Maybe it is.
If you look at my two pictures above that were taken from the same news broadcast why is the tanker car between the two locomotives in one picture and missing on the next.
I was trying to post a third picture where the tanker car is at the end of the two locomotives but Imgur is not behaving for me right now. I don't know, the different locations of the tanker car doesn't make much sense.
PS. Also the positioning of the locomotives are in different positions on the bridge in all three pictures I have. This also does not make sense.
another view. Not really definitive.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
August 8th approximately 2 a.m. Union Pacific had a derailment on the Hoffman swingbridge in St Paul. The one locomotives fuel tank was punctured and Spilled 32000 gallons of diesel into the Mississippi River.
Please excuse the picture quality as they we're taking from my TV on the morning news.
The cause of the derailment is under investigation but it seemed to me from looking closely the bridge rails were not quite lined up perfect.
You would think with today's technology they would have sensors that would show a green or red light a mile down the track from either direction telling the engineer if the rails are lined up correctly or not.