Western Railroad Discussion > UP Derailment near Barstow Texas

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Ward County , TX (Local Big 2 News) - A train crash leaves two injured Sunday after a water truck hits a Union Pacific train. According to Union Pacific officials, an east bound train collided with water truck just east of Barstow. The truck did not stop at the crossing and the train was unable to stop, causing the train to derail with three locomotives and 10 rail cars going off the rail.

That is gonna be one expensive tank full o' water ...

WrongWayMurphy Wrote:
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> That is gonna be one expensive tank full o' water
> ...

At least it was water and not gasoline or LPG!

PHall Wrote:
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> WrongWayMurphy Wrote:
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> > That is gonna be one expensive tank full o'
> water
> > ...
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> At least it was water and not gasoline or LPG!

Still gotta change your shorts....

trainman630 Wrote:
> Still gotta change your shorts....

Always someone with the toilet comments. Never fails. Silly.

coach Wrote:
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> trainman630 Wrote:
> > Still gotta change your shorts....
>
> Always someone with the toilet comments. Never
> fails. Silly.


I wonder what you'ld be doing approaching a tanker on the tracks and YOU don't know what is in it but you're about to find out....

Just sayin'!

KC

GRNDMND Wrote:
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> coach Wrote:
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> > trainman630 Wrote:
> > > Still gotta change your shorts....
> >
> > Always someone with the toilet comments. Never
> > fails. Silly.
>
>
> I wonder what you'ld be doing approaching a tanker
> on the tracks and YOU don't know what is in it but
> you're about to find out....
>
> Just sayin'!
>
> KC

Look for the placards....

smudgepot Wrote:
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> GRNDMND Wrote:
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> Look for the placards....

At the speed that these things happen you don't have time to read anything!

Andre

Andre Wrote:
> At the speed that these things happen you don't
> have time to read anything!
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> Andre


I should have been more specific..yes its next to impossible to read the actual numbers. But if there is a red placard= probably flammable. If there is no placard= hopefully water or empty. Either way has to make for a tense few seconds. Hope all involved recover fully.

Posted from Android

smudgepot Wrote:
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> Andre Wrote:
> > At the speed that these things happen you don't
> > have time to read anything!
> >
> > Andre
>
>
> I should have been more specific..yes its next to
> impossible to read the actual numbers. But if
> there is a red placard= probably flammable. If
> there is no placard= hopefully water or empty.
> Either way has to make for a tense few seconds.
> Hope all involved recover fully.
>
> Posted from Android

I think us railroaders know how to read/identify placards....we are hazmat certified after all.

coach Wrote:
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> trainman630 Wrote:
> > Still gotta change your shorts....
>
> Always someone with the toilet comments. Never
> fails. Silly.


Not silly. True. It's been written that in combat a large percentage of soldiers soil themselves.

Coming up on a tanker that you might think is loaded with explosive liquid would indeed cause some to do the same thing.

Seen it happen.