UP Derailment downtown on the Missouri River Bridge

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UP Derailment downtown on the Missouri River Bridge

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UP Derailment downtown on the Missouri River Bridge.

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Is there a fault listed yet? Nice quick pics!
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Coyote wrote:Is there a fault listed yet? Nice quick pics!
No, but there are a set of crossovers there so I would guess it probably picked a switch and derailed, but that's just a wild guess on my part.
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That is crazy.
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skinzfan23 wrote:That is crazy.

A crazy train even. One that was going off the rails.
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MadMartin8 wrote:A crazy train even. One that was going off the rails.
Yeah /me puts on an old Ozzy album and cranks it! :)
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Here's another one from KETV

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