Sitting in Farmington City Hall for a follow-up briefing, the Fire Marshall spoke about stopping rail traffic. They only thought about problems posed by a train after hearing the train's horn as it was crossing 170th St. It took a few minutes and talking with several people at the UP by Dakota Co dispatchers to finally stop the southbound train. The train came to rest less than a mile away. I suppose the crew died on the law since they were held for > 8 hours.

Ironically, as we discussed this, I noted the crossing gates go down. A southbound freight came through. A typical SD70M was on point, but a patched SP AC4400CW helped out.

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The railfan side

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I guess with your "official" hat on you had to keep your "railfan" hat tucked away with the camera and forgo any pictures of the SP

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Milwaukee Road Matt

what was the reason for stopping rail traffic? did I miss something.

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A BNSF fan by default.

Was this the incident with the guy trapped in the corn bin?

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Jared F.
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