From: j.albert@snet.net   
      
   On 4/4/16 10:24 PM, John Albert wrote:   
   > On 4/4/16 7:57 PM, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   >> Any idea what went wrong?   
   >   
      
   Here's some information I got via email. Can't vouch for its accuracy,   
   just passing along what I saw:   
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   Train 89 was operating south on #3 track at Track speed (110MPH) near   
   Thurlow yard and struck a backhoe that was in the gauge of #3 track.   
      
   At that time, adjacent Track #4 was occupied with a Loram Ballast   
   Cleaner Vacuum, which had been working together Saturday night.   
      
   My understanding is that both tracks #3 and #4 were out of service   
   Saturday Night while this equipment was working, and that #3 track was   
   restored to service mistakenly,  with the backhoe left in the gauge of   
   track #3, but not shunting.   
      
   On Sunday morning an operator mounted the backhoe, assuming the track   
   was still out of service.   
      
   Unfortunately both the operator and a supervisor attempting to clear the   
   machine were killed; both with many years of railroad service.   
      
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