This Makes Me A Sad Panda.......
You guys might want to grab your blankies for this one...... By now, if you watch the world news you have seen the massive train derailment over Memorial Day weekend that wiped out a highway overpa...
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maxwell11 wrote:
normally the rail line manager tells the rail crew he wants that train wreck cleared up and new temp rails laid down by next week. we are losing money each hr no trains are running!!!!
so get that crap, {cargo (whatever it is) and damaged rail cars} off the right of way and get me new rails laid, I want to see money making trains running.
we will send the bill to the insurance company
now getting cracking.
I can almost hear this conversation taking place!!!!!
This particular derailment they had the train debris, and the overpass removed, new tracks laid, and were running trains 36 hours after the wreck. On this particular UP rail line it is their main connection between Chicago, and Mexico. They run about 50 trains a day over this line.
