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Loaded coal train wrecks into cars because of open switch


Loaded coal train wrecks into cars because of open switch

October 9, 2006 - Cactus, Texas. A BNSF Railway southward loaded coal train, operating at 36 mph, entered an occupied siding through a switch mistakenly left open, in non-signal territory and struck cars that were sitting there. As a result of the collision, 26 cars and two locomotives were derailed, both crewmen were injured and damages estimated to exceed $1,000,000.

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Tags:. .train. .both. .siding. .left. .crash