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   From: jgrove24@hotmail.com   
      
   On Monday, November 9, 2009 at 5:06:51 PM UTC-6, JG wrote:   
   > http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/11/train-derailment.html   
   >   
   > "A Union Pacific freight train derailed near Union Station this   
   > morning, disrupting several Riverside commuter trains.   
   > ....   
   > The derailment blocked two tracks on the east side of the Los Angeles   
   > River near 9th Street, Oaxaca said. Metrolink train 401 leaving   
   > Riverside at 4:42 a.m. and the 403 train leaving at 5:42 a.m. were   
   > scheduled to go only as far as the Montebello-Commerce station, he   
   > said."   
      
   Another gift from Omaha dispatch, I guess they're competing with BNSF   
   dispatching in Texas for crappy Metra service. But BSMF always takes the   
   Lame-O prize with consistently closed cars closest to the gates on weekend   
   trains from CUS.   
      
   The adjoining Milwaukee road and BSMF lines didn't feel the same winds !!   
      
   "Some Union Pacific Metra trains were delayed an hour and a half Monday as   
   thunderstorms rolled through the Chicago area.   
      
   Trains on the Union Pacific North, Northwest and West lines were halted around   
   5:30 a.m. because of the possibility of high winds with the storms, according   
   to Metra. The trains began running again around 7 a.m."   
      
   http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-83982662/   
      
   ""Those lighter weight cars are very susceptible to higher winds," Union   
   Pacific spokesman Mark Davis said.   
      
   However, as the morning passed, extreme weather did not surface, and Union   
   Pacific admitted it made the call to halt service too soon. It relied first on   
   weather forecasts, and not a system of anemometers - or wind speed sensors -   
   on the ground"   
      
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