Amtrak 14.Blows Through Town, and VERY Thankfully, Passed a Failed Sabotage Attempt  Contributor's Pick!       
We chased 14 from Natron to the North end of Junction City at the grade at 661.3, after highballing out of Eugene. As soon as the crossing gates were lifted we heard the Amtrak engineer report over the scanner that they had just blown through a stack of tie plates that were stacked up on the west rail, thankfully only causing a severe "jolt" through thb train, as he reported around 661.8-9. Very happy nothing bad came out of this, but i hope very badly the sociopath who put them there is caught, however unlikely that is.
Date: 3/18/2012 Location: Junction City, OR Views: 359 Collection Of:   Tristan Gagnon
Locomotives: AMTK 505(B32-8WH) AMTK 197(P42DC)    Author:  Tristan G
Amtrak 14.Blows Through Town, and VERY Thankfully, Passed a Failed Sabotage Attempt
Picture Categories: Bridge,Passenger,Action This picture is part of album:  Oregon Railroading: Part 2 (2010-2014)
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Jim Satterwhite General That is a sad comment on society in general. Was it somebody that wanted to see the rescue operation in progress, Al-Queda, Occupy Some Location or just a sick puppy? 3/21/2012 4:00:50 PM

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