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Originally Posted by Piotrsko

Umm no actually it was 40 cars of Trona (glass making additive) from out of ridgecrest at 4 times the estimated weight, and some other freight at the end, had mechanical brakes and partial dynamic braking on some of the engines, but not enough to deal with the downslope. When they hit emergency stop, it disengaged the pitiful dynamic braking. They found the brake pads welded to the wheels afterwards, and the fuel induced fire happened after they restarted the pipeline some time later after a rushed, shoddy inspection.

Thanks! I was operating from memory. The little gray cells were telling me that 'Trona' had been mentioned on the program 'May Day' as a fertilizer constituent.