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Reply to "Amtrak vs. Cement Truck"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtOvUx0VD30

Here is a YT video that tells the story.

At approximately 10am on the morning of February 20th, 2020 Amtrak’s California Zephyr #5 struck a cement truck 20 miles east of Reno, NV. The train was carrying just under 80 passengers and though no major injuries occurred, two Amtrak crew members were transported to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

At the time of the accident the California Zephyr was being pulled by three locomotives- two Siemens SC44 Chargers and one GE P42DC. The lead locomotive, Charger #4628 suffered serious windshield and front-end damage. To allow freight traffic to continue running, the Amtrak train was backed off the mainline onto a siding near the accident scene. Approximately three hours after the accident occurred two Union Pacific helper locomotives arrived from the Union Pacific yard located in Sparks, NV. While one locomotive returned to the yard, the other was coupled to the Amtrak train and pulled it the rest of the way to Reno.

After a crew change at Reno station the train continued over the Sierra Nevada mountains towards its final destination of Emeryville, CA.

Gary

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