Radio traffic & more pre-arrival video after 2 freight trains collide in Texas

Previous coverage with collision video

Radio traffic, above, posted by GTFD8215 after two BNSF Railway freight trains trains collided today (Tuesday) near Panhandle, Texas around 8:40 a.m. Three of the four crew members on the trains are still missing. A fourth jumped from one of the trains before the collision and is in stable condition.

Aaron Davis, Amarillo Globe-News:

Freight cars and containers were derailed and strewn for about 400 yards from the collision site, Buesing said. As nightfall approached, floodlights were being brought in as efforts to quell the flames and search for the missing crew members was expected to continue well into the night, Buesing said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjJMAbwu-6s

Diesel fuel from the locomotives caught fire upon impact and the black plume of smoke that reached hundreds of feet into the air was visible throughout the day in Amarillo, nearly 30 miles away. Although the blaze was under control, firefighters continued to deal with the burning fuel well into the night.

The city of Panhandle went through a precautionary evacuation throughout the day to keep residents from inhaling the smoke.