What type of Flood Warnings does UP issue to their crews. What is expected of crews operating under a Flood Warning?
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Two crew members of a Union Pacific train were rescued early Saturday after the train overturned when the tracks were washed away by high water in Navarro County, the office of emergency management says.It's kind of crazy how it just kind of... fell over. It makes total sense given the water was pushing evenly on one side of the train, but it just does not happen like that too often. You can see the headlights still on in some video of it, too. I suspect the condition of the engines might get a bit worse, though, because there's only going to be more rain... at least another foot of it.
A high-water rescue team pulled the uninjured men from the water, according to the Navarro County Office of Emergency Management.
Union Pacific spokesman Jeff DeGraff said the derailment happened at about 3:30 a.m. in an area four miles north of Corsicana, about 60 miles south of Dallas. DeGraff said Chambers Creek was overflowing and washed out the tracks.
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DeGraff said the 64-car train was traveling south from Midlothian to Houston. He had no immediate details on how many cars went off the tracks since the flooded area was not accessible to cleanup crews.