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 #1491603  by CSX455
 
Macon Telegraph reports appox. 30 cars derailed.

Large contingent of repair crews on scene. Ga 90 is being rerouted around overpass.

I was in Vienna and saw the tank cars being pulled south. Banged up pretty bad. Don't know how they didn't rupture.

It was reported that a broke rail caused the accident causing damage to the overpass. Don't know how much the overpass was damaged.
 #1492115  by mmi16
 
CSX455 wrote:This is a copy of the derailment in Byromville, Ga. November 17th. This is a dashcam from a Dooly County Deputy.

A few more seconds and he would have been in the middle of this.

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.latham. ... /?sk=h_chr
Watching a derailment happen is surreal - you have heard the air apply in emergency - yet gravity and momentum keep cars moving and continuing to collide against cars that have already come to a stop.