WIND RIVER TRAIN
WRECKSome
say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of
romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never
past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on
earth."
Charles
Kingsley,
Vol.,
II, Ch 28:
"A good conscience is
a continual Christmas"
Benjamin Franklin
I heard last night that a Wyoming Trooper saw the boulder on the
track, called the WHP dispatcher, the WHP dispatcher called the
Burlington-Northern dispatcher to report the boulder and was put on
hold. Below you will find the results.
If you have ever been in this area you will probably recognize this
nearing Thermopolis. As you can see two locomotives derailed
and crashed in the Wind River Canyon spilling up to 6,800 gallons of
diesel fuel into the river and on its bank. These two
locomotives and four freight cars left the tracks Wednesday when the
southbound train slammed into that boulder the Wyoming Trooper tried
to report and tumbled from the rain and snow soaked canyon wall onto
the Burlington Northern Santa Fe track about five miles south of
Thermopolis.
One of the locomotives skidded down a 60-foot embankment, landing
partly submerged in the river, and the other came to a rest on the
bank.
BNSF immediately as apposed to the BP oil spill, used vacuum
skimmers and absorption pads to clean up any visible fuel on the
river.
Thermopolis and Hot Springs State Park had their
water intakes on the river shut since Wednesday
and the town has been relying on well water
while the park only uses river water for
irrigation and hasn't needed to irrigate.
Thank the eternal that no serious injuries were reported and that
the clean was immediate rather then delayed as in the BP debacle
causing the greatest ecological damage in US history.
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American Way. God Bless.
the Little
Guy 
