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but maybe hamburger steaks as 4(25) struck a loaded cattle truck. Bumps and bruises to the engineer. Lead locomotive (AMTK 130) will probably need to be set-out.

http://www.emporiagazette.com/area_news/article_d7f5d6d4-72d0-11e7-9135-ff5b1a641985.html

Photos: http://www.wibw.com/content/news/Amtrak-train-strikes-cattle-truck-in-rural-Lyon-Co-436968603.html



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/27/17 08:19 by SandHouseTalk.

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Here is the news update from WIBW TV in Topeka, KS. Has pictures of the truck and dead cattle.
http://www.wibw.com/content/news/Amtrak-train-strikes-cattle-truck-in-rural-Lyon-Co-436968603.html

Wes Chiles
Topeka, KS

Update with photo. Based on the photo it appears the truck was northbound on Lyon County Road X.

http://www.kvoe.com/newsedit/19673-breaking-amtrak-passenger-train-collides-with-truck-near-reading

When the train hit it, it became eastbound and down!

jtwlunch Wrote:
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> When the train hit it, it became eastbound and
> down!

While this is about an accident, that is still pretty funny. Especially since I liked those movies.

Ah yes, the media reports on the 'Amtrak driver' . So many know so little about so much.

I recall seeing an SP unit in El Paso,
that had suffered a similar fate. It
was sitting by its lonesome in an obscure
part of the yard, "airing out." Quite a
bit of the "residue" remained.

The Channel 13 WIBW TV news anchor called it an Amtrak commuter train on the 5:00pm news!
He's also referred to it as the Super Chief in past news stories. LOL!

There is no street Google view, but it's undoubtedly a crossbuck protected track.
Also, driving Northbound on road X, it's @ 1000ft downhill drop on a gravel road, with trees somewhat obstructing the view of a track coming in at a bad angle. No excuse, but I can see the perfect storm. Usually traversed at night, for some of the Amtrak engineers, the Topeka subdivision is almost one continuous horn blast. This accident makes that practice perfectly clear to me.
I hope all of the head end crew are OK, and glad it didn't turn out worse as it certainly could have.

Well a whole cow butterflied takes about 18 hours to cook on a fire, so one heck of a BBQ!

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I'm so glad no one was badly injured or killed
in this collision, except some of those poor
cattle.

I wonder how Amtrak will manage to clean the
residue off that locomotive. And did the
other locomotive and any of the cars end up
with residue also? If so, will Amtrak clean
that off? If so, when?

CHIEF  can't  get  a  break!!