texas trestle fire

[cteno4]

like dominos falling

 

 

jeff

Edited May 31, 2013 by cteno4

[Mudkip Orange]

This is pretty spectacular.

[cteno4]

Yes pretty spectacular, but sad to see the trestle lost.

 

Jeff

[Mudkip Orange]

This is a pretty low-traffic branch line, I wonder if they'll replace it.

[Ochanomizu]

The video has been deleted.

[cteno4]

New one

 

 

Jeff

Edited May 31, 2013 by cteno4

[bill937ca]

Another trestle collapse.

 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/06/02/ontario-sudbury-train-derailment-wanup.html

 

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/06/02/canadian_pacific_freight_train_derails_near_sudbury_after_bridge_collapse.html

[Ochanomizu]

Thank you Mr cteno4,

 

So sad to watch the fire with helpless.  What is the cause of such a fire?  I believe I saw similar fire last year caused by jammed brakes of the freight train.  Is it same event?

[westfalen]

If the bridge is where I think it is there is a good bit of sand traffic on the line interchanged with BNSF at Lometa. On a bus outing during the Santa Fe convention in Temple last year we spent an hour or so there watching the BNSF local freight picking up a long string of loaded covered hoppers.

[cteno4]

west, yes this appears to be the one

 

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/hill_country/engulfed-railroad-bridge-crashes-to-the-ground

 

http://bridgehunter.com/tx/lampasas/bh56320/

 

Ochanomizu, there seems to be no cause announced yet, lots of speculation on the web of course from hot bearings, to brakes, to terrorism, to controlled fire destruction (yeah they would not announce that! just goes to show)

 

jeff