breezinup posted:Quite a sight. Not sure why they ventured in that far. Saw some pictures and commentary a number of years ago about when the railroads still had some steam engines, they could send those in to deal with these flooded track situations - they could go right through it. Obviously the diesel-electrics with the electric motors on the axles don't play well in water.
I suspect the water level rose after the train reached a certain point and had stopped. Would not have been a smart move for the engineer to simply plow into the flood.