Posted on 08/01/2005 2:19:28 PM PDT by show me state
Emergency workers responded late Monday afternoon to railroad tracks along Interstate 55, about one mile south of Richardson Road in the Imperial area, for a report of a collision between two freight trains.
(Excerpt) Read more at stltoday.com ...
DERAILMENT NEAR I-55 & IMPERIAL EXIT
A train has derailed in Jefferson County near I-55 at the Imperial exit Monday afternoon. It appears more than a dozen cars have derailed. There are reports that two trains have sideswiped each other. Numerous cars are off the tracks, and the outer road is blocked off. Some of those train cars were carrying brand new cars and SUVs. Some of those cars are laying in the grassy area on the side of the interstate. Part of southbound I-55 is shut down. Traffic in the area is becoming very congested, maybe as far as 5 miles. Fire crews are looking for downed power lines in that area. There are no reports of evacuations. We'll have more information on FOX 2 News at 5.
http://www.fox2ktvi.com/
Near as I can tell, it sounds like it was a collision of two Burlington Northern-Santa Fe trains.
Click on this link and zero in on the St Louis area:
http://www.bnsf.com/tools/reference/division_maps/div_sf.pdf
Damn - looks like the remnants of the Kerry campaign.
The SUVs caused the accident.
/SARCASM
MplsSteve, you are correct...
KSDK-Two Burlington-Northern trains collided near Interstate 55 and Richardson Road. The collision caused a train derailment, but has not affected traffic.
It's not clear what caused the collision, or whether there are any injuries.
Some of the train cars were carrying vehicles.
The derailment happened near Beck in Jefferson County, south of Arnold.
Stay tuned to NewsChannel 5 and ksdk.com for the latest updates.
KSDK
http://ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=82692
Follow the above link for additional photos...
Oops. Make that EIGHT new engines ...
BNSF is not a part of the UP system. That line is a part of what used to be the St. Louis - San Francisco (Frisco) River Division that ran from Lindenwood Yards, in St. Louis, to Memphis.
BNSF is not a part of the UP system. That line is a part of what used to be the St. Louis - San Francisco (Frisco) River Division that ran from Lindenwood Yards, in St. Louis, to Memphis.
I know. But the engines could have been UP engines. Turns out they weren't, but I didn't know that when I posted.
Never mind. It wasn't that good a joke anyway.
ping
Even Babe Ruth struck out every now and then.
holy cow batman!
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