the American railroad industry doesn’t use a wind meter on railroad bridges. Why should they? Winds were only 50 mph all day long, from 8am to 330 pm near Logan New Mexico, and blew this train off the rails
https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/timeseries.php?sid=UP363&num=72&banner=gmap&raw=0&w=325
https://twitter.com/NMStatePolice/status/1105895567207460864
http://www.thedrive.com/news/26941/bomb-cyclone-winds-blow-freight-train-off-railroad-bridge-in-new-mexico
The same thing happened in new Orleans in April 2015
https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/04/high-winds-between-55-and-70-mph-blow.html
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