June 18, 2013

Trains running at Rockview

Trains are running again on Tuesday, June 18 after the May 25 collision of two trains at the track intersection at Rockview, Mo. that caused the partial collapse of the Route M overpass. Traffic is being detoured through Rockview.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Some wreckage remains from the May 25 train collision near the Rockview track intersection Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

A barricade on the east side of the Route M overpass directs traffic to County Road 209 through Rockview on Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

A motorist waits as a Union Pacific train crosses County Road 209 in Rockview on Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

Detoured traffic from Route M is stopped on County Road 209 as a Union Pacific train moves through Rockview on Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

An eastbound train moves through the track intersection at Rockview on Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Some wreckage remains from the May 25 train collision near the Rockview, Mo. track intersection Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

This view is looking southwest from the Route M overpass at Rockview at the track intersection.

This view is looking south from the remains of the Route M overpass at Rockview toward Chaffee as a northbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe train moves toward the track intersection.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com A northbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe train proceeds through the track intersection at Rockview Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Train traffic has resumed since the May 25 collision of a Union Pacific train and a Burlington Northern train that took out the Route M overpass.

This view looking north shows the east portion of the Route M overpass at the Rockview train intersection Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

This view looking west shows the west portion of the Route M overpass at the Rockview train intersection Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

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Trains are running again on Tuesday, June 18 after the May 25 collision of two trains at the track intersection at Rockview, Mo. that caused the partial collapse of the Route M overpass. Traffic is being detoured through Rockview.

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