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Video of a landslide striking and derailing a freight train near Seattle

January 18, 2013 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Video of a landslide striking and derailing a freight train near Seattle

I think the tile says it all. Check out this amazing video of a train derailed by a ‘small’ landslide. [Source: Landslide Blog]

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