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Big Derailment on the UPRR.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 9:41 AM
It said on the news and from the pictures its mostly lumber and other commodities, nothing Haz.
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Posted by spbed on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 9:37 AM
Maybe they will just take a unused bridge & put it in the place of the one that was totaled? What type train derailed? [:(][:(]

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 9:37 AM
Chris, yea it was a neat bridge. The morning news showed it and it looked like several cars went thru the side before it collapsed. I think it's funny UP will have to spend some of it's hard earned licensing money it made from me. My son and I model this area.
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Posted by CopCarSS on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 9:29 AM
Dang...that was a neat bridge. Something tells me that whatever replaces it won't be as photogenic.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 8:37 AM
Dave , you live in Sterling, Rock Falls area?
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Posted by dknelson on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 8:31 AM
This was the Elkhorn Creek Bridge, a neat steel truss bridge over a bucolic little creek or river, with a gravel road bridge immediately south and parallel to the rails -- great for railfanning in a totally rural area. When there were no trains there were birds and fish and frogs to watch. The bridge is totally taken out -- this will be some project.
Galt is known to railfans because that is where some of the Northwestern Steel & Wire steam locomotives ended up in the weeds after that factory stopped running steam around 1981 or so.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 8:27 AM
P.S. It's gotta suck to be UP MOW worker today between Galt and Fremont Neb
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 8:26 AM
spbed, Galt has about 40 people. Didn't know they had a newswire.BNSFrailfan, yes it wiped out a short trestle bridge. Cars are in a creek. not a river. Mostly lumber. Tried to get photos, but security is tight and only two roads in area. Every thing closed unless you have hi-railers on your truck.
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Posted by spbed on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 7:10 AM
Just checked the Galt IL newswire that they say is updated "continually" & there is no mention of any derailment as yet. [:o)][:D]

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Posted by spbed on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 7:05 AM
Galt is about 50 miles west Of Nelson & about 75 west of Rochelle. Just saw a UPRR WBer go past the Rochelle cam [:o)]

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Posted by spbed on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 7:03 AM
Thanks [:D]

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 7:01 AM
Have the Omaha Weird Herald here in front of me. The one in Nebraska was not too far from Fremont. One train tried to nose the one in front of it. 6 coal cars and two engines derailed plus 4000 gallons of diesel fuel. Watch those matches, please.

Had most of it cleaned up and track replaced by 6 pm last nite.

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Posted by spbed on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 6:44 AM
Newswire said one UPRR train rear ended another in Neb. [:(][:(]

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Big Derailment on the UPRR.
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 6:37 AM
I just got an e-mail this morning that the UPRR just got into a huge de-railment at a place called Galt,Illinois yesterday. The de-railment caused a bridge to collapes and there are cars in the river. Latest is the UPRR is detouring over the IAIS and the line will be closed for at least Two weeks for repairs.
If anyone has any info Please feel free to keep up to date.
Thanks.

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