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Rear-ender sadly takes two UP rails near Salton Sea CA

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Rear-ender sadly takes two UP rails near Salton Sea CA
Posted by ChuckCobleigh on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 8:28 PM

News out of Imperial County about an eastbound UP rock train (60 cars) running into a UP intermodal (111 cars) near Bombay Beach, CA on Saturday.  Imperial Valley Press story here with sad news that engineer and conductor of the rock train did not survive the collision.

My heart goes out to the co-workers, families and friends of the UP crew. 

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Posted by mackb4 on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:39 PM

  

        May God be with my fellow brothers families .

Collin ,operator of the " Eastern Kentucky & Ohio R.R."

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Posted by Railfan1 on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 5:07 AM
That's terrible.
"It's a great day to be alive" "Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, It might have been......"

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