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We have a 4 mile spur back to the power plant that I work at that is seldom used.  Northern Iowa Railroad utilizes the spur for storing grain hoppers.  We had derecho hit us back on August 10 with sustained winds over 120 mph.  Like a land hurricane with little warning that did widespread tree and structure damage.  It knocked out power to almost 1/2 million people for days.  These hoppers took on the wind and toppled:

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Fast forward 2 months and a cold front just blew through kicking up winds in excess of 50 mph.  It nudged the hoppers and maybe there is just a hint of enough grade that walked the hoppers down the track to a section where one rail is temporarily removed (and marked).  The cars didn't care and rolled right off the rails.  Not sure if hand brakes were not set after the up righting following the derecho but we are going to need another recovery crew.



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