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and 3,000 passenger boardings
each day. The route is dispatched by the Burlington
Northern and Santa Fe Railway. Train dispatcher's work
very much like air traffic controllers. They have a
screen in front of them where they can see train traffic
for miles around. That's why this incident was such
a puzzle and is still under investigation. Burlington
Northern Santa Fe owns and maintains the stretch of
rail where the collision occurred. The Burlington Northern
called in Hulcher Services to clear and repair the tracks
and upright the cars as the people were evacuated from
them. We were called out by Hulcher Services to help
with that chore. |