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Re: BNSF Train Almost Hit Firefighters in Oakley, Calif (video link)
Author: James Bradley, Jr.
Date: 10-15-2018 - 18:37

Since I live in Oakley, and have driven by the building that burned, I can tell you a few more facts about the location.

This was on the BNSF Stockton Sub. This is double-track mainline with no sidings. There are no public crossings in the immediate vicinity of the fire location. The nearest public crossing is Cypress Road, apx. 1 mile East of the fire location. That is also where the nearest CTC signals are.

The train in the video was traveling Eastbound (toward Stockton). There also appears to be a Westbound train stopped on the adjacent track.

There is a UP track in Oakley, but it is on the opposite side of town. It is the old SP Mococo line, and Oakley is listed on the timetable for that line.

Here is a daytime view of the fire location. The white building is the building that burned.

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There are no signs or signals anywhere near the fire location to indicate to the fire crews the exact milepost location, which is probably what the railroad would've requested.

If anything regarding this story appears in the local news, I'll post it here.

--James Bradley, Jr.
Oakley, CA

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  BNSF Train Almost Hit Firefighters in Oakley, Calif (video link) Oakley Doakley 10-10-2018 - 17:37
  Re: BNSF Train Almost Hit Firefighters in Oakley, Calif (video link) James Bradley, Jr. 10-10-2018 - 18:28
  Re: BNSF Train Almost Hit Firefighters in Oakley, Calif (video link) Roscoe 10-10-2018 - 20:07
  Public employees can be a clueless bunch Chief 10-11-2018 - 07:12
  Re: Public employees can be a clueless bunch Robert 10-11-2018 - 13:16
  Re: BNSF Train Almost Hit Firefighters in Oakley, Calif (video link) Tom Thumb 10-11-2018 - 07:14
  Re: BNSF Train Almost Hit Firefighters in Oakley, Calif (video link) J 10-11-2018 - 11:34
  Re: BNSF Train Almost Hit Firefighters in Oakley, Calif (video link) Kracken 10-11-2018 - 13:06
  Re: BNSF Train Almost Hit Firefighters in Oakley, Calif (video link) Tom Thumb 10-11-2018 - 16:22
  Re: BNSF Train Almost Hit Firefighters in Oakley, Calif (video link) J 10-12-2018 - 09:57
  Re: BNSF Train Almost Hit Firefighters in Oakley, Calif (video link) and in this case... 10-12-2018 - 10:40
  Re: BNSF Train Almost Hit Firefighters in Oakley, Calif (video link) J 10-12-2018 - 11:19
  Re: BNSF Train Almost Hit Firefighters in Oakley, Calif (video link) CCTGM 10-14-2018 - 23:32
  Re: BNSF Train Almost Hit Firefighters in Oakley, Calif (video link) James Bradley, Jr. 10-15-2018 - 18:37


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