dudly do right Wrote:
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> One photo showed large stacks of used ties along
> the ROW . That would be normal during a tie
> replacement program. From what I read it looks
> like someone placed a bunch of used ties on the
> tracks to derail a train. The used ties were
> either good quality, new, placed just right or
> their were so many it derailed the train. Usually
> the trains plow will knock them out of the way or
> cut them in half.

The locomotive plow would normally push the ties ahead and out of the way. The ties being shoved forward may have hit the edge of the road crossing and where forced under the locomotives plow and jammed under the wheels in the crossing.