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2023-06-25 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Train derails into Montana's Yellowstone River

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-06-25 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Freight train plunges into Yellowstone River after bridge collapse, sparking fears of hazardous spill as residents are told to conserve water

Posted by Skidmark 2023-06-25 00:38|| 2023-06-25 00:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Pete's got no time for trains.

Buttigieg warns airlines to finish retrofitting planes to avoid interference from 5G signals

Posted by Skidmark 2023-06-25 01:11|| 2023-06-25 01:11|| Front Page Top

#3 ^ "I need not guitar, nor yet plectrum,
But a flute of the finest electrum
That toots soft and clear...
And fits snugly up here
As I sing this cute song about spectrum!"

Fun fact: Traditional folk music of Malta is Għanal (silent għ, rhymes with McConnell). Who knew?

Posted by Jiggs Jins6580 2023-06-25 02:34|| 2023-06-25 02:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Have to wonder about this timing; reports that bridge was washed out and then train ran off it; unless it was unsignalled (dark) territory there should have been indications at dispatcher’s office. Such indication might haveprovided time to notify train crew.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2023-06-25 09:32|| 2023-06-25 09:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Tank cars of asphalt and molten Sulphur.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-06-25 13:03|| 2023-06-25 13:03|| Front Page Top

#6 There have been quite a few train derailments over the last couple of years. Particularly in the Northwest. Crazy environmentalists usually. I wouldn’t rule out sabotage.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/29/activists-sabotaging-railways-indigenous-people

Posted by Sholuque Glusorong8783 2023-06-25 18:40|| 2023-06-25 18:40|| Front Page Top

#7 One crazy enviro was actually charged and (maybe) convicted of Dr sabotage in WA or OR a few years ago. Farther back - Arizona sabotage.

Posted by Bobby 2023-06-25 18:56|| 2023-06-25 18:56|| Front Page Top

#8 Rats! RR sabotage, not Dr.

Posted by Bobby 2023-06-25 18:57|| 2023-06-25 18:57|| Front Page Top

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