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Colona Derailment and Detour
The BNSF derailed about 10 cars on late December 31, 2007. The following is a look at the carniage, cleanup, and resulting IAIS detour I was able to catch.

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Colona, IL. 1-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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Colona, IL. 1-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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Colona, IL. 1-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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Colona, IL. 1-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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Colona, IL. 1-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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Grooming the panel track, Colona, IL. 1-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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Detour on BNSF from Barstow to IHB via Galesburg and the ex-ATSF. Waiting for a crew at East Moline, IL. 2-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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Detour on BNSF from Barstow to IHB via Galesburg and the ex-ATSF. Navigating yard at Barstow, IL. 2-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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Detour on BNSF from Barstow to IHB via Galesburg and the ex-ATSF. Waiting to enter the mainline at Barstow, IL. 2-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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Detour on BNSF from Barstow to IHB via Galesburg and the ex-ATSF. Departing for the mainline at Barstow, IL. 2-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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Detour on BNSF from Barstow to IHB via Galesburg and the ex-ATSF. Passing the derailment site at Colona, IL. 2-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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Detour on BNSF from Barstow to IHB via Galesburg and the ex-ATSF. Passing its own mainline on panel track instead of a switch at Colona, IL. 2-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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Detour on BNSF from Barstow to IHB via Galesburg and the ex-ATSF. Approaching the IL-84 crossing at Colona, IL. 2-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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Detour on BNSF from Barstow to IHB via Galesburg and the ex-ATSF. Charging out of the valley at Orion, IL. 2-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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Detour on BNSF from Barstow to IHB via Galesburg and the ex-ATSF. Flying through the Edwards River bottoms at Ophiem, IL. 2-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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Detour on BNSF from Barstow to IHB via Galesburg and the ex-ATSF. Waiting for traffic short of the siding at Alpha, IL. 2-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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Detour on BNSF from Barstow to IHB via Galesburg and the ex-ATSF. Crossing Curries Crossing, MP 21 of BNSF's Barstow Sub north of Alpha, IL. 2-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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BICB was brought up to the current end-of-track and will be the first train through Colona after the new switch is installed. Colona, IL on 3-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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BICB was brought up to the current end-of-track and will be the first train through Colona after the new switch is installed. Colona, IL on 3-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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BNSF M-of-W putting together the new switch for the connection at Colona, IL. 3-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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BNSF M-of-W putting together the new switch for the connection at Colona, IL. 3-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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BNSF M-of-W installing the new switch for the connection at Colona, IL. 4-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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BNSF M-of-W installing the new switch for the connection at Colona, IL. 4-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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BNSF M-of-W installing the new switch for the connection at Colona, IL. 4-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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BNSF M-of-W installing the new switch for the connection at Colona, IL. 4-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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BICB was brought up to the current end-of-track and will be the first train through Colona after the new switch is installed later this day. Colona, IL on 4-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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BICB was brought up to the current end-of-track and will be the first train through Colona after the new switch is installed later this day. Colona, IL on 4-Jan-2008.
By: Erik Rasmussen

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