Leo
You have seen those clear cut paths thru a forest where the powerlines run.
At the Ala. State Fire College in 1970 the Southern Railway showed a movie
of a LP gas tank taking off from a derailment and it left a path just like
for a new power line. Almost as good as a rocket takeoff
sjh
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Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 8:14 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Boom
> Why are the railroads so concerned with keeping non employees off the
> property?
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> This weekend in Bellvue,Ont there was a CP derailment due to what is
reported
> as a burned off journal. The resulting pileup included several tanks full
of
> LPG,each contained 33,000 gallons. Yup you guess it. A fire ensued and one
> car blew apart sending part of the car 1.5 kilometers(were in Canada
> again).Thats over a mile.You should see the photo. Two other cars broke
open
> and are burning/flaring.
> Leo
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