"When it rains, it pours", as this derailment incident near Tucson appears attributed to just that:
Arizona Daily Star
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Now I must say, I'm on pins and needles a bit myself with the UP. My new car is about a week overdue - and the Salesgal has no ready answer other than to say it was shipped from Portland and was expected West Chicago, where UP has an auto handling facility. I even said to her "Dear, I'm just going to go out there and drive it away myself". But I then added, "Those UP Pinkertons they have out there are law unto themselves".
Arizona Daily Star
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...Fire crews are investigating a massive Union Pacific train derailment believed to be caused by heavy rains east of Interstate 10 Tuesday afternoon.Looks like that is some "high value lading" within those UPS trailers on the ground. Oh well, somebody gonna hafta do without with whatever trinket they impulsively ordered from Amazon - well at least for a while.
At least 20 railcars were involved, said Brian Keeley, a Northwest Fire District spokesman. He said there were no immediate reports of hazardous materials on the train
Now I must say, I'm on pins and needles a bit myself with the UP. My new car is about a week overdue - and the Salesgal has no ready answer other than to say it was shipped from Portland and was expected West Chicago, where UP has an auto handling facility. I even said to her "Dear, I'm just going to go out there and drive it away myself". But I then added, "Those UP Pinkertons they have out there are law unto themselves".