from local railfan group:
"AMTK 20 hit a stalled truck in Seneca, SC last night at 11:00PM and here's a photo of the aftermath.
http://railpictures .net/viewphoto. php?id=391246
NO ONE WAS INJURED. The occupants of the truck, on seeing their truck stalled, tried to push it off the tracks, but the AMTK was about 30 seconds away. They cleared out to watch their truck get totaled.
Peter Lewis"
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Were they stalled on a crossing or trying to 4-wheel across the tracks?
It's not too bad, the back part can be cut off to become a trailer and the engine can be saved for a spare.
=)
Looks like it'll buff right out, actually.
Glad no one was hurt. Still seems kind of funny that of all places to stall out, it would happen right at a crossing.
I wonder if that's a camera mounted in the locomotive's window (the little white box near the left side of the right window). I thought I read somewhere that Amtrak was starting to equip it's units with them.
---PCJ
Usually, the railroad will not release the windshield video, because of the likelihood of its becoming evidence in a lawsuit.
Tom
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