I was reading a few old posts about ppl not wanting to be around when a train derails.....from experience no you dont want to be around ........ in january a train derailed & whiped out my home...... i will leave out the name of the railroad co as they were more than wonderful to us ....... it was 305 pm and raining when a 122 car train carring coal derailed we were told it was a broken axel ..... what ever the reason it happened it felt like an earth quake hit my house moved a good 3 ft from the vibrating of the ground ... on the north side of the tracks was 2 propaine tanks for the track heaters used to melt ice they had just been filled that morning .... when the train went down it hit & gashed open 1 tank shooting it in the air it sprayed gas all over the top of my home & proceded to land on the other tand gashing it & sending it 75 ft into my driveway for it to act as a blow torch pointed directly at the corner of my home ..... it took 9 min to destroy a 3 bdr 2 bath home 2 cars 1 truck & a yard full of childrens toys ..... we got out alive no one hurt not even the firemen it took 4 fire depts & 500,000 gallons or more of water plus foam to contain the fire we lost everything ....... for all of you who are near to tracks or go looking for derailments trying to catch them on film please i urge you to stay safe this was one of the nastiest derailments this year 22 of those 122 cars were smashed & stacked in an area about 40 ft long cars on top of cars cars smashed to smitherieenes .... for those of you who drive the train or stop the train my prayers are with you all each & every day ...... may god or any higher beeing you pray to be with you all each & every day ......

not quite sure if i posted this in the right place but couldnt figure out how to navigate this site once i got a log on name you all have a very nice site ty for letting me post

kismet