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Posted by Geoff Mayo (Member # 153) on :

Anybody know more? It was doing the email rounds along with pictures, so must be at least partially true!

If you want the pictures, let me know and I'll email them (I don't know how/if you can post to this forum). Email geoff {dot} mayo {at} freeuk {dot} com.

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Good news:
It was a normal day in Sharon Springs, Kansas when a Union Pacific crew boarded a LOADED coal train to head on the long trek back to Salina.

Bad news:

Just a few miles into the trip a wheel bearing becomes overheated and melts off letting the truck support drop down and grind on top of the rail creating white hot molten metal droppings to spew downward on the rail.

Good news:
A very alert crew noticed a small amount of smoke about halfway back in the train and immediately stopped the train in compliance with the rules.

Bad news:
The train just happened to stop with the hot wheel on top of a WOODEN trestle built with creosoted ties, bents, and trusses.