The Briefing Room
State Chapters => Texas => Topic started by: geronl on June 28, 2016, 08:22:26 pm
-
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/injuries-reported-in-head-on-train-collision-in-texas/ar-AAhJaBR?ocid=ansmsnnews11
excerpt
DALLAS (AP) — Three crew members were missing and one was hurt Tuesday after a head-on train collision in the Texas Panhandle that caused several box cars to erupt in flames and led authorities to evacuate residents in the area.
The two BNSF Railway freight trains were on the same track when they collided near the town of Panhandle, about 25 miles northeast of Amarillo. Each train carried two crew members; one man jumped before the collision, according to BNSF spokesman Joe Faust. The man was being treated at a hospital and the extent of his injuries was unknown.
It's not clear how fast the trains were traveling when they collided, but the speed limit in that area is 70 mph, Faust said. It also wasn't clear why the trains were on the same track. The rail cars were holding a variety of consumer goods, Faust said.
-
Northbound Train on a southbound track.
He's alright aleavin' but he won't be back. -Johnny Cash Rock Island Line.
-
Oh, that's sad.
-
Report: Train Didn't Heed Stop Signal in Deadly Texas Wreck
A train failed to heed a stop signal before it barreled head-on into another freight train last month in the Texas Panhandle, killing three, according to a preliminary federal report released Thursday.
An eastbound BNSF Railway train failed to slow at a yellow warning signal on June 28 and then continued past a red stop signal before striking an oncoming BNSF train, inspectors for the National Transportation Safety Board said in the report.
The eastbound train, bound for Chicago, was supposed to stop and allow the Los Angeles-bound train to pass. It was traveling just over 60 mph when it passed the yellow signal, though trains are not supposed to travel any faster than 40 mph at a yellow signal so that they can stop in time at a red signal. The train was traveling about 65 mph when it passed the stop signal.
NTSB spokesman Terry Williams said it's not clear how far beyond the stop signal that the point of impact occurred.
[excerpted]
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/report-train-heed-stop-signal-deadly-texas-wreck-40576401
-
"A train failed to heed a stop signal"? The train did it?
-
"A train failed to heed a stop signal"? The train did it?
(http://www.picgifs.com/graphics/t/tweety/graphics-tweety-756070.gif)
"You a bad, bad twain!!"