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1 killed after freight trains collide in southeastern New Mexico
Hat tip, Trainorders: Freight Trains Collide in New Mexico
A commenter there said:
If my speculative instincts are correct, it wouldn't be the first time that someone has forgotten to return a switch to the normal position lined for main track movement.
Graniteville, SC also comes to mind:
Graniteville, South Carolina, train crash
Graniteville, SC also comes to mind:
Graniteville, South Carolina, train crash
1 killed after freight trains collide in southeastern New Mexico
By Chelo Rivera and Cheyenne Cope
Published: April 28, 2015, 7:48 am | Updated: April 28, 2015, 5:20 pm
ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – A rail engineer was killed near Roswell after a moving freight train collided head-on with a stationary train Tuesday morning. The accident happened between Roswell and Dexter alongside State Road 2.
It happened at 6:45 a.m. as a Southwest Railways freight train carrying sand from Clovis to Carlsbad collided head-on with a parked train loaded with molasses.
New Mexico State Police identified the victim as Jesse Coburn,a 48-year-old from Texico. Another train worker was flown to the hospital.
Several locomotives were tossed off the tracks, some ended up on their sides and some of the freight cars smashed through the front of a locomotive.
Published: April 28, 2015, 7:48 am | Updated: April 28, 2015, 5:20 pm
ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – A rail engineer was killed near Roswell after a moving freight train collided head-on with a stationary train Tuesday morning. The accident happened between Roswell and Dexter alongside State Road 2.
It happened at 6:45 a.m. as a Southwest Railways freight train carrying sand from Clovis to Carlsbad collided head-on with a parked train loaded with molasses.
New Mexico State Police identified the victim as Jesse Coburn,a 48-year-old from Texico. Another train worker was flown to the hospital.
Several locomotives were tossed off the tracks, some ended up on their sides and some of the freight cars smashed through the front of a locomotive.
Photos: Freight train crash in southeastern NM
