Looks to be seven wounded, no fatalities, and one bridge demolished. Train derailed and collided with the bridge, bringing it down too.
Looks to be seven wounded, no fatalities, and one bridge demolished. Train derailed and collided with the bridge, bringing it down too.
Whoa! Time for some infrastructure projects!!!
(...and again, I hear about the news here first)
That was some serious force. 
Yea like 20 years ago 
JoeyM wrote: Whoa! Time for some infrastructure projects!!! (...and again, I hear about the news here first)
Once again no loss of life 
How the berk does a train T-Bone another train?!?!??!!!
Most the bridges in Missouri failed the safety check. Some of them are currently being replaced. 
What a surprise... a Chrysler product is sticking out of one of the cars. It is very common to drive around the St. Louis area and see Chrysler products in the cars. I usually see truck chassi on the trains that pass over the Missouri river along 367.
Javelin wrote: How the berk does a train T-Bone another train?!?!??!!!
Javelin wrote: How the berk does a train T-Bone another train?!?!??!!!
look at the map in the article... select the "view larger map" option... go just a little bit to the west of the pointer, and you will see where a north/south track crosses an east/west track right under a road bridge that crosses right above the intersection at a 45 degree angle. i'd bet that's the bridge that got taken out...
hell with it: here's the bridge on google maps:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Rockview,+MO&ll=37.204834,-89.63994&spn=0.005512,0.011362&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hnear=Rockview,+Kelso,+Scott,+Missouri&gl=us&t=h&z=17
probably a lack of communication between the two rival train companies...
I was literally 10 miles from there yesterday morning. Crazy stuff
I guess I need to clarify...
How the Berk does a train conductor not see another train parked a perpendicular angle to him in enough time to stop...
Javelin wrote: I guess I need to clarify... How the Berk does a train conductor not see another train parked a perpendicular angle to him in enough time to stop...
Likely because a fully loaded freight train at normal cruising speed has a longer stopping distance than the conductor could see.
Chances are, somebody berked up in the scheduling side of the scrap train and it ended up being longer than it should have been. Or somebody parked it without realizing it was leaving a few cars in the way.
Good thing we spent all of our money blowing stuff up overseas rather than fixing stuff domestically. /runs away from thread
Mitchell wrote: Good thing we spent all of our money blowing stuff up overseas rather than fixing stuff domestically. /runs away from thread
DoctorBlade wrote:Mitchell wrote: Good thing we spent all of our money blowing stuff up overseas rather than fixing stuff domestically. /runs away from thread
And yet true.
DoctorBlade wrote:Mitchell wrote: Good thing we spent all of our money blowing stuff up overseas rather than fixing stuff domestically. /runs away from thread
I admit that it was complete troll bait. Apologies; the Internet has made a monster of me.
Catatafish wrote:DoctorBlade wrote:And yet true.Mitchell wrote: Good thing we spent all of our money blowing stuff up overseas rather than fixing stuff domestically. /runs away from thread
That bridge could have been built new LAST YEAR and it wouldn't have survived that kind of impact.
it's probably best if trains refrain from hitting bridges
well.. better than bridges hitting trains?
Having seen a few trains "emergancy brake" it is more a controlled slide as metal wheels on metal tracks offers little in the way of traction. Yes, they have a lot of wheels, but they also carry a lot of weight.
Who was the genius who decided that the intersection of two tracks was the perfect place to put a road bridge?
^^^ somebody with stock in a construction company
In reply to EastCoastMojo:
Look at the Google map again. It still has the "old"routing for State Hwy M shown... I bet whoever owns those fields thought the bridge location over already 'used space' was a great idea.
Mitchell wrote:DoctorBlade wrote:I admit that it was complete troll bait. Apologies; the Internet has made a monster of me.Mitchell wrote: Good thing we spent all of our money blowing stuff up overseas rather than fixing stuff domestically. /runs away from thread
that fish looks like a monster. Look at the expression!
Mitchell wrote: Good thing we spent all of our money blowing stuff up overseas rather than fixing stuff domestically. /runs away from thread
take it up with the management of the railroad companies involved.
in other news, the link in the OP is no longer valid... nothing to see here... move along..
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