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First it was backhoes, then flaming trains, and now...both? (fwd)

  • From: Larry Sheldon
  • Date: Thu Aug 30 21:03:18 2001 
> 	I found this simply too funny:
> 
> 	"MULVANE, Kan. (AP) - A freight train carrying hazardous materials caught 
> fire Thursday after it hit a backhoe apparently parked on the tracks by vandals."
> -snip-
> 
> 	--msa

I wonder how funny the engine crew, fire-fighters, and HAZMAT folk thought it 
was.