An epic mix of snow and rain from a March 2019 storm unleashed flooding that destroyed Union Pacific rail lines and bridges in Nebraska. Read more at www.up.com/abou...
@@calpeninsularailfan That section of track (Im guessing) makes to much money for it to be abandon, i think it was rebuilt the second it got to a safe water level.
On a percentage basis, How much is all the storm and flood activity in the Mid-West causing delays or disrupting service on your system network? In other words, - What percentage of UP's entire rail system is just plain tore up at the moment due to all these storms and flooding??
+UnionPacificRailroad *Given the known height of the flooding that wiped the two lines shown,* how much of a raise will the replacement bridges and causeways require to permit the debris of future floods to pass through and not dislodge spans?
The cost to restore 4014 was tiny compared to what will be spent on these repairs. Restoring and running the steam engines is mere pocket lint to a Fortune 150 company.
Are there any methods that can be put in place to stop flooding from damaging railroad tracks or other transportation systems so that they can still be used?
@@Coolrockndad Yup climate change, it has been happening as long as there has been an earth. We couldn't have had ice ages or dinos without it! I can find sea shells in the rocks in my front yard but I am a 1000miles from the ocean. Climate change is a fact and it will occour regardless of what man does.
BNSF’s Bridge was downstream. UP’s caught the debris. BNSF lost a couple spans but UP lost almost the whole bridge. BNSF was fixed fairly quickly and allowed UP to reroute on it, as railroads typically do to render mutual assistance with reroutes.
Nebraska you better have your senators and governors fly over the flooded areas before this winter because you Farmers know it's going to flood what is the governor and Senator doing in Nebraska before it floods in 2020 can't the governor use Lotto funds and have the National Guard on standby Merry Christmas have a nice December 25th