RE: Rules is Rules!

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Those pictures are amazing! Thanks for sending them. I was looking for news articles about the accident and found this link to the snopes article about the event. It apparently wasn't such a red-tape problem. Still, a horrible loss of property!

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From: ttat-members-owner@aoot.com [mailto:ttat-members-owner@aoot.com] On Behalf Of rick
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 2:39 AM
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Subject: Rules is Rules!

This was posted on the OGR Forum

Rules is Rules!

The Good news:
It was a normal day
In Sharon Springs Kansas, 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 Rules prohibit moving the train when a part is defective!

REMEMBER, RULES IS RULES!
Don't ever let common sense get in the way of a
Good disaster!

References:

Rules is Rules!
- From: rick <rbd1949@aol.com>