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At approximately 4:50pm on Tuesday, June 6th a tornado spawned by a hurricane John hit my layout which in turn caused an earthquake.  All people had ample warning of the approaching storm and were evacuated along with all rail equipment.  Before they left a large crane was brought in to remove the more fragile structures.   News helocopters  in the area took pictures of the aftermath and I've provided before images to compare what it use to look like.  The devastation is stunning and yet residents have vowed to rebuild.  

The downtown area before the storm. 

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As you can see it did immense damage. 

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The more rural parts of the area were not sparred either.  

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"As you can see the damage exposed the long famous "foam mines" that the area was built on top of."  

Do you have any old, derelict foam hoppers around?

These were huge cars, as most foam approaches weightlessness (why doesn't NASA use foam for spacecraft?...re-entry?...Oh. Yeah.), so this type of rolling stock would be engineered in a manner very different from, say, the shorty iron ore cars, which carried very heavy, dense lading.

Anyway, Lionel or MTH could offer a "Foamer's Express" set, consisting of an engine, one l-o-o-o-ng car and a bobber caboose. K-line would have. 

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