Bakken Crude Oil Train Derails; Sand Car Goes Off Track At 5 MPH In Seattle; A Couple Of New Fortified Tank Cars Left The Track; No Leak; No Fire, No Injuries -- July 24, 2014

BallardNewsTribune is reporting.

A huge thank you to a reader for spotting this.

To date:

• Canada -- 100% human error -- engineer forgot to set the brakes
• Casselton -- oil train hit a derailed wheat train which had just derailed
• Lynchburg, VA -- recent rains washed out rail bed
• Seattle -- sand hopper's wheel jumped the track at 5 mph

Our granddaughters in traditional Japanese kimonos. Their Japanese maternal great-grandmother came to the United States when she was about 21 years old. She emigrated from Japan after WWII and ended up in California.