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Train Derails on Bridge III: Recovery in Progress

author: EvilGentleman : Montreal, QC

Day 7 of the recovery effort is dedicated to removing the second flatbed container car from the bridge. The other railcars that were closer to shore from this one have been removed on earlier days. (see here and here I spoke to some of the workers, and they told me that 1050 feet of the bridge suffered fairly serious damage, involving broken rails, over 1000 broken and damaged wooden railroad ties, some broken access ladders, demolished wooden maintenance platforms and other damage. The major difficulty is the fact that the crane they are using (a contract job, their crane was...

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