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Liberty Belle

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7. Damn. Is this north of the national park,south of it,or in the park?

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sat Jun 24, 2023, 02:42 PM

Jun 2023

The Yellowstone River is relied upon by much of the park's iconic wildlife including herds of bison and elk. Heads need to roll for allowing this catastrophe to happen in one of our most treasured places.

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Train derails into Yellowstone River after bridge collapse [View all] riversedge Jun 2023 OP

Are you fucking cilla4progress Jun 2023 #1

Took the words out of my mouth. MontanaMama Jun 2023 #14

yikes! Kali Jun 2023 #2

..."a freight train carrying hazardous materials to plunge into the flooded river below,".... riversedge Jun 2023 #3

I think someone needs to read what they post. Srkdqltr Jun 2023 #6

LOL! C Moon Jun 2023 #21

Yikes Tom Kitten Jun 2023 #4

wider view photo............... riversedge Jun 2023 #5

Damn. Is this north of the national park,south of it,or in the park? Liberty Belle Jun 2023 #7

The park won't be affected. BluesRunTheGame Jun 2023 #10

@MontanaFWP Yellowstone River is closed from Pelican FAS to Buffalo Mirage FAS to boaters and floate riversedge Jun 2023 #12

It's north of the park. MontanaMama Jun 2023 #16

LOTS of tweeters Blaming Pres Biden.......... riversedge Jun 2023 #8

Weaponizing everything they can. maxsolomon Jun 2023 #18

Sheer ignorance. A majority of freight railroad tracks are owned by private, for-profit companies. Lonestarblue Jun 2023 #25

Looks like a very old bridge. The Jungle 1 Jun 2023 #33

I just spent 4 days on trains in the last 2 weeks William Seger Jun 2023 #35

Rail lines are owned by BNSF railroad, most probably. mjvpi Jun 2023 #34

Railroads and lack of maintenance Strelnikov_ Jun 2023 #9

AP:Cars were carrying hot asphalt and sulfur, 110 miles north of Yellowstone Natl Park Liberty Belle Jun 2023 #11

I question the when of that... 2naSalit Jun 2023 #31

Circa 1897 bridge they demolished another in the vincinity Historic NY Jun 2023 #13

Do you mean the one... 2naSalit Jun 2023 #30

Paging DUer 2naSalit... MontanaMama Jun 2023 #15

Well... 2naSalit Jun 2023 #27

That bridge doesn't even look sturdy enough for freight trains Deuxcents Jun 2023 #17

It pisses me off! Bayard Jun 2023 #19

Probably also owned by the RR. 2naSalit Jun 2023 #28

Okay Snackshack Jun 2023 #20

Nationally, there are about 77,000 private rail bridges, and eight federal employees to inspect them LiberalArkie Jun 2023 #26

+1 2naSalit Jun 2023 #29

Update: 1:45 p.m. Columbus Fire Chief Rich Cowger offered further information... C Moon Jun 2023 #22

I used to have family in Laurel. murielm99 Jun 2023 #23

We are so far behind on infrastructure.. mountain grammy Jun 2023 #24

Just learned recently the Yellowstone River flows into the Missouri River Canoe52 Jun 2023 #32