Sorry if slightly off topic, but still of interest to Burlington fans. TEB
>
>
> A man in a dispute with his boss allegedly stole two attached locomotives
> Thursday in Campbell County and drove them south before crashing into
> another train, according to a charging document written by a special agent
> of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
>
> Derek Skyler Brux took the locomotives owned by Burlington Northern Santa
> Fe Railroad about 9 a.m. from the North Antelope Rochelle coal mine,
> according to the document, which was filed in U.S. District Court of
> Wyoming on Friday.
>
> Brux drove the trains about 13 miles on the main line before he
> intentionally crashing into a train at the Antelope Mine in Converse
> County, the documents claim.
>
> The BNSF dispatcher stopped train traffic on the railroad lines to avoid a
> head-on collision with another train, the document states.
>
> Brux told authorities he drove the trains between 50 and 70 mph. He
> admitted that a BNSF maintenance crew working on the tracks must have been
> frightened when he sped past.
>
> “Brux ran the locomotives at a high rate of speed on one of the busiest
> sections of train tracks in the United States,” the document states. “Each
> action had the potential to cause catastrophic damage with grave results.”
>
> The man caused at least $50,000 in damage to two closed switches that
> connect the mine rail from the North Antelope Rochelle mine to the main
> rail line.
>
> Brux drove into the Antelope mine, where he crashed into an idle train
> owned by Union Pacific Railroad. He reversed the BNSF trains and struck the
> UP train a second time. He backed up again but an employee activated the
> emergency fuel shutoff.
>
> Damage to the trains is still being assessed, the document states.
>
> Brux is charged with violence against railroad carriers, which carries a
> penalty of up to 20 years in prison. He will have his initial appearance at
> the federal court building Wednesday in Casper.
>
>
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