We’ve been having a bit of bad weather in the evenings over the past week or so. Last night, it got so bad, BNSF Railway had an intermodal train get blown off the tracks. I had to check it out, so it gave me a little more time for listening to podcasting:
- Sean, who is Just a Catholic Dad, talked a lot about deaths this week. It’s understandable with the number of shootings (both here in the US and over there in the UK) this past week or so, as well as the death of one of their chickens. He also talked about what we expect from our bishops, and how that relates to military leadership in peace time versus war time.
- Jeff, the Catholic Foodie, recorded while on vacation at the Florida panhandle coast and made me really hungry after Mass by talking about vacation food. His recipe for jalapeño poppers sounds really good.
A couple quick shots from my phone of the derailment (cropped as I didn’t want to get too close to where they were working):
Some of the railcars and intermodal containers that got knocked over
Amtrak’s westbound Empire Builder (running only about half an hour late!) creeping through the work area.
A wider view of the derailed cars and containers, as well as some of the equipment working to clean up the mess.
