Train derails after striking oversize load

Maybe on a Sunday an hr per train like here on the US 90,FM 78, IH10 Southern Pacific line there is a UP or BNSF train every 15 minutes running east or west. Sundays is slowest day maybe one an hr. I live less then half mile away and hear horns all day long and have a clear line of sight to the tracks.

 

I stopped reading when I saw the government said he was hauling the base of a wind turbine.

 

Yep. Thought you realized that. The windmills are going up all around there. That is what makes this accident so screwy.

 

I didn’t think this was a wind tower base.

 

Looks more like a windmill blade itself.

 

They had 3 trucks lined up with windmill parts to make crossing. Local pd was holding traffic. First truck got stuck.

 

I hope they hold people accountable for not calling the number posted at the crossing to notify the railroad.

 

Sounds like a bum route, and a poor or nonexistent route survey screwed this load from the start.

 

If they were stuck on the tracks for two minutes then Union Pacific should’ve been notified MINUTES,IF NOT HOURS IN ADVANCE that they had an oversized load that was going down that particular route so they could issue any slow orders or stops to trains expected to pass through Pecos around that time,just in case!