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I suppose since the barge was at rest before the collision technically the headlines are correct, but it is interesting that the BNSF statement is the only one that even hints that the barge was the offending party.
Reminds me of a court case that was tried in Milwaukee where a man claimed that a North Shore train
“veered into his lane” when they were on the bridge just south of the NSL terminal.
Dave Lotz got his name into the TRAINS magazine news update:
“Unlikely as a train-barge collision sounds, it does have a historical precedent. Burlington’s Mark Twain Zephyr derailed after striking a barge near Keokuk, Iowa on Nov. 16, 1951, as reported in the book “Mark Twain Zephyr: History, Restoration and Rebirth,” by Kandace and Robert Tabern with John Kelly and Dave Lotz. The prow of the barge had extended over the tracks. Less than a year later, on Aug. 19, 1951, the train narrowly avoided another such collision at almost the same spot, this time stopping short of the intruding barge.”
Charlie Vlk
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The Burlington Hawk-eye report on the wreck.