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Hot Shots: Fire train, dust storm, fierce flood

Montage of a train, along with a tractor-trailer driving through sand and dust.

Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look at the past week or so in social media, highlighting trucking, transportation and weather. This week features old train cars fitted with water tanks for firefighting, a deadly wreck caused by a sandstorm, a trucker who misjudged floodwaters and more.

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As large wildfires continued to burn out West this week, response teams got help from a unique source — converted freight trains. Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) deployed one of its water trains to the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hot-shots-fire-train-dust-storm-fierce-flood

Sandstorm, winds blamed for container ship fiasco in Suez Canal

Evergreen Marine container ship stuck in Suez Canal.

Officials say a sandstorm and high winds caused the ultra large container ship Ever Given to run aground Tuesday morning, blocking the Suez Canal.

Evergreen Marine, the Taiwanese transportation company that built and operates the Ever Given, said the ship was “suspected of being hit by a sudden strong wind, causing the hull to deviate … and accidentally hit the bottom and run aground.”

The Suez Canal Authority said in a statement Wednesday that 46-mph (40-knot) winds and a sandstorm caused low...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/sandstorm-winds-blamed-for-container-ship-fiasco-in-suez-canal

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