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Re: Truck and Amtrak #5 collide near Lovelock, NV; one dead on train
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 06-25-2011 - 12:55
BOB R Wrote:
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> Is anyone besides me surprised at how quickly this
> story faded. Probably has something to do with
> the remoteness of the site but still, the Sacto
> paper for this morning had yesterday's story from
> about 2 PM and it was in the second (Regional)
> section. I checked the Reno news and they too
> stopped reporting much beyond the initial round.
> Amtrak seems to be pretty muted, too. I would
> think an accident with this impact (eastbound
> Zephyr curtailed in Reno due to lack of tracks --
> all traffic being rerouted via FRC for the time
> being) would have attracted more attention. As I
> remeber the Chatsworth accident covereage it wass
> all day and night for about two days.
My understanding is that the NTSB on-site team will be conducting a news comference, possibly later today, although when I asked earlier this morning a time had not been set. Ron Accetta is the lead investigator.
For those interested, there's a thread about Conductor Laurette Lee posted on Trainorders. Link: [www.trainorders.com] (You need to be a subscriber to see the photo full sized.)
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> Is anyone besides me surprised at how quickly this
> story faded. Probably has something to do with
> the remoteness of the site but still, the Sacto
> paper for this morning had yesterday's story from
> about 2 PM and it was in the second (Regional)
> section. I checked the Reno news and they too
> stopped reporting much beyond the initial round.
> Amtrak seems to be pretty muted, too. I would
> think an accident with this impact (eastbound
> Zephyr curtailed in Reno due to lack of tracks --
> all traffic being rerouted via FRC for the time
> being) would have attracted more attention. As I
> remeber the Chatsworth accident covereage it wass
> all day and night for about two days.
My understanding is that the NTSB on-site team will be conducting a news comference, possibly later today, although when I asked earlier this morning a time had not been set. Ron Accetta is the lead investigator.
For those interested, there's a thread about Conductor Laurette Lee posted on Trainorders. Link: [www.trainorders.com] (You need to be a subscriber to see the photo full sized.)
