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Citrus Heights, CA
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Modern Marvels - Dangerous Cargo - Roseville Railyard Explosions
Mar 13, 2009 12:55 AM
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I remember I was about 7 years old when the bombs blew. We lived about 1.1 miles away from the exploding rail cars. I have several pictures that detail the fireballs and resulting damage.
I recall watching from the roof of our house seeing LPG tankers exploding and flying as if they were in slow motion. The big 2000 pound military bombs were impressive. There was a silent fireball. Then, a sweeping shock/vapor pressure wave. As the wave passed, Cablooey. You could actually see the sound wave! We had buckled walls, blown out all windows on the house. I was knocked off my feet several times. Quite exciting for a 7 year old.
This was in 1973. Later in the early ninties, the railyard was renovating and uncovered several unexploded bombs from the past. The military exploded some of these onsite but hauled others to Nevada for destruction.
I remember someone in a Voltswagon Bug from the initial incident was arrested for stealing a 500 pounder. He was leaving the area and the highway patrol saw the bomb as the end of it was protruding out the trunk as it was too long to fully fit and the trunk lid was bungied.
Any interest and I can provide some fantastic photos.
Brian Kuhl
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Norman, OK
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Re: Modern Marvels - Dangerous Cargo - Roseville Railyard Explosions
Mar 13, 2009 11:15 AM
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I was 10 when this happened... still remember it to this day. I believe it was a Saturday morning because it knocked me out of bed early and we got on the roof to watch the explosions and mushroom clouds. Had to go to Sat morning bowling leagues & wanted to stay and watch. We lived in Carmichael at the time, but my older brother's house was in Roseville... they picked metal out the yard for years after.
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Citrus Heights, CA
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Re: Modern Marvels - Dangerous Cargo - Roseville Railyard Explosions
Mar 13, 2009 1:31 PM
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Interesting. Our house was on Florabelle Ave. This is very near I80/Antelope Rd. It was a Saterday because It woke me up and there was no school.
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Norman, OK
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Re: Modern Marvels - Dangerous Cargo - Roseville Railyard Explosions
Mar 16, 2009 9:06 PM
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Watching the explosions as a kid, I had no sense of significance of it. But as an adult, it makes me have a little bit of appreciation what survivors of WWII (e.g. London and most parts of Europe) and other wars go/went through. Amazing.
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Roseville
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Re: Modern Marvels - Dangerous Cargo - Roseville Railyard Explosions
Jul 15, 2009 11:29 PM
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I rember this very will My Grandfarther was a RSPD SGT. he had to work a doubbe shift just after he got done with his graveyard shift.
We had to leave town. I rember there was just a two lane Rd back then going in to roseville and out and at that day they trafic was going out of town on both lanes no trafin comming in.
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LOS ANGELES, CA
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Re: Modern Marvels - Dangerous Cargo - Roseville Railyard Explosions
Aug 18, 2009 4:10 AM
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- I lived on Quincewood Circle & Rumford Ave, <1 mile from explosions, it was a Saturday Morning, luckily or us kids would have been at the bus stop for school on Antelope Rd / Saybrook Dr. At that time the area had a few tracks of homes and lots of empty fields...I heard my window rattle, got up, looked out it, saw no one, turned to go back to sleep, and I do not know why, but dove under my covers a split second before the window blew in. I I saw the big explosion that lifted our roof 1.5 ", caused the garage door to fly up and off, and looked like a mini-nuke...a house on Bierston St had it's gas line hit by shrapnel and burn, that was about 5 or so houses away....My friends Brian & Brad lived down the street, wanted to go see if they were ok......we didn't move back into the house for 1 1/2 years, I found shrapmetal that broke a chair in the house and pieces all over the yard.
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