19 December 2012
Unbelievable – a video of a landslide striking and derailing a freight train in Everett, near Seattle, USA
Posted by Dave Petley
Thanks to Stephen Newman and Chris Nowak for pointing this out. On Monday a landslide derailed a freight train Everett, near Seattle in Washington State, USA. Amazingly, it was caught on video:
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
This Seattle-Everestt BNSF rail section suffered another landslide today. http://tinyurl.com/bon7xke
“More than 30 mudslides have hit the tracks between Seattle and Everett since Thanksgiving…”