BSM Derailment at Hutchinson, Kansas
April, 1995. The BSM was going over the interlock at Hutchinson, Ks. and some rolls of steel broke through the belly of a container and caught the Santa Fe rail at the diamond and then ripped open the underneath about the middle of the train. The rolls of steel loaded on the flat-bed truck below is what caused the derailment. The train was tied down in front of the depot and the good containers were hauled by truck and reloaded.
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Head end of the BSM after the derailment |
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Bulldozer clearing the Main Line |
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Cranes picking up containers |
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Roll Steel loaded on Flat-Bed Truck |
Thanks to Todd Wilson, Switchman, Hutchinson, Ks. for these photos
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