{"product_id":"2940149064335","title":"Collision of Dakota, Minnesota \u0026 Eastern Railroad Freight Train and 19 Stationary Railcars Bettendorf, Iowa (2009)","description":"On July 14, 2009, about 2:08 a.m., central daylight time, southbound Dakota, \u003cbr\u003eMinnesota \u0026amp; Eastern Railroad freight train B61-13 went into Bettendorf Yard in Bettendorf, \u003cbr\u003eIowa, due to a misaligned switch and struck 19 stationary railcars. The impact fatally injured the \u003cbr\u003elocomotive engineer and the conductor. There were no wayside signals or other devices to \u003cbr\u003econvey the position of the hand-operated switch on the main track leading into the north yard \u003cbr\u003esufficiently in advance to allow the approaching train to stop. The train was moving at the \u003cbr\u003eauthorized speed of 25 mph and was operating under valid track warrant authority. Track \u003cbr\u003ewarrants are authorizations issued by a dispatcherfor a train to occupy a certain segment of track \u003cbr\u003efor a certain period of time. Track warrant  authority is obtained and released through \u003cbr\u003ecommunication between train crews and the dispatcher.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075505340656,"sku":"2940149064335","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149064335_p0.jpg?v=1763711896","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149064335","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}