NewsSeptember 4, 2003
Trains stuck when tracks sink
GLOVER, Mo. -- Three locomotives became derailed Wednesday, blocking Highway 49 near this Southeast Missouri town, a Union Pacific official said. Heavy rain in the area may have saturated the ground and highway pavement, and the weight of the train may have forced the tracks to sink into the pavement, said Mark Davis, spokesman for the Omaha, Neb.-based railroad company...
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GLOVER, Mo. -- Three locomotives became derailed Wednesday, blocking Highway 49 near this Southeast Missouri town, a Union Pacific official said.
Heavy rain in the area may have saturated the ground and highway pavement, and the weight of the train may have forced the tracks to sink into the pavement, said Mark Davis, spokesman for the Omaha, Neb.-based railroad company.
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"People have described the sinking but we don't know if that's it or not," he said.
No one was hurt. Troopers with the Missouri State Highway Patrol were rerouting traffic around the derailment site.
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