Something stinks around here...

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For those who don't get TRAINS News Wire, here is one from today......

Manure fouls California short line

Published: Monday, February 23, 2009

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - A California short line shut down last week owing to an unusual problem: Three feet of cow manure had drifted across its main line. Wind gusts of 40 to 60 mph blew the excrement from an adjacent dairy farm across the San Joaquin Valley Railroad's main line to a depth of three feet.

It was "like a snowdrift, but it was cow manure," SJV assistant general manager Patrick Kerr told TRAINS News Wire. "In all my years of railroading, I've had snowdrifts, I've had sand drifts, I've had rockslides, but I've never had a line shut down by poo."

Kerr said the manure was dry, so it didn't smell as bad as one might imagine. The owner of the dairy farm, who had the proper equipment for removing the drift, helped clean it up.

RailAmerica-owned San Joaquin Valley operates a network of ex-Southern Pacific and Santa Fe branches in its namesake California valley. It relies primarily on agricultural products for its livelihood.

[illinoistrains]

Wow, theres somthing you dont hear about everyday!

[SirKrunch]

Wonder if anyone thought to get Mike Rowe in there to film an ep. of Dirty Jobs...