Derailment in east Montana

badlandnp Jun 20, 2016

  1. badlandnp

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  2. BoxcabE50

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    Hmmm. Please let us know if you read or hear anything further.
     
  3. BoxcabE50

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  4. gjslsffan

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    Regrettably, all I get when clicking on the link is spam. Not a single link to the news.. :(
     
  5. ddechamp71

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    There is a famous video taken a few years ago in Florida during a tropical storm... A stack train slowly rolls on an overelevated track, a 30'-high bridge, when a gust blows a few stack-platforms and their loads down to the street, in a spark ocean.... Will tre to find it again.

    Yeah, that's this one: in Louisiana, not Florida.



    Dom
     
  6. ddechamp71

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    ... That leads me to say crosswind limitations should not be implemented only for airplanes.... ;)

    Dom
     
  7. Hytec

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    Dom, that incident occurred on the Huey P. Long Bridge in New Orleans, LA. The Huey Long Bridge is the longest in the US at 4-1/2 miles from grade to grade, and 225 feet above the Mississippi River.
     
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  8. Hytec

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    This also demonstrates the power of wind. The car is flipped about 1 minute into the video.

     
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  9. BoxcabE50

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    Which link? Both work for me. :(
     
  10. gjslsffan

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    They both worked for me today too, I dont get it maybe it is in my browser settings.
     

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