TRUE?

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According to snopes.com this is a true story from 2002
http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/trainfire.asp

 

R.D. Williams

 

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Subject: TRUE?

 

I find this story hard to believe, even if it did come over the internet (
<http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr01/ltr/emoticons/smile_wink.gif> ).
 

 
Good news: It was a normal day in Sharon Springs, KS, when a Union Pacific
crew boarded a loaded coal train for the long trek to Salina. 

The Bad news: Just a few miles into the trip a wheel bearing became
overheated and melted, letting a metal support drop down and grind on the
rail, creating white hot molten metal droppings spewing down to the rail. 

The Good news: A very alert crew noticed smoke about halfway back in the
train and immediately stopped the train in compliance with the rules. 

The Bad news: The train stopped with the hot wheel over a wooden bridge with
creosote ties and trusses. 

The crew tried to explain to higher-ups but were instructed not to move the
train! 


They were instructed "The Rules" prohibit moving the train when a part is
defective! 



  












 You just can't fix stupid.

RULES IS RULES! 

(Don't let common sense get in the way of a good disaster!) 


Ed Svitil

 

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