Word coming in of a fatality at Omnitrax’s relatively new Alabama & Tennessee River Rwy (ATL) earlier today (7/22/05). According to early reports a 54 year old Conductor was crushed in a close clearance while shoving into a plant near Gadsen.
He had only 4 months on the RR.
R.I.P. brother, R.I.P.
Omnitrax leased the line from CSX in February 2005.
LC
That is so sad. I wi***here were some way we could communicate our condolences to the family.
LC, CW & I are so saddened to hear this. As you said, R.I.P.
Our condolences go to his family, and coworkers.
Mighty sad indeed. You can probably send condolences in care of Omnitrax or the Alabama & Tennessee River RR.
our codolences to the family and the fellow railroad employees
stay safe
Joe
Condolences to the family.
Was he riding the point and slipped under or crossed when the engineer shoving back???
that is pretty sad, my condolences go to the family
Railroad worker dies in Ragland while directing train
The Associated Press
July 23. 2005 2:50PM
A railroad worker was killed by a derailed box car while directing a train through a road crossing.
Michael Willis, 56, of Gadsden, died Friday when a box car derailed and crushed him, the St. Clair County coroner said.
Willis was at the end of a ten-car train directing the engineer through the crossing at the time of the incident. He was pronounced dead at 11:07 a.m. Friday.
Willis was an employee of the American Tennessee Railway Co. Federal job-safety officials began an investigation.
Information from: The Birmingham News