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"MULVANE, Kan. (AP) - A freight train carrying hazardous materials caught fire Thursday after it hit a backhoe apparently parked on the tracks by vandals."

It would have been ironic if the accident had severed a major fiber conduit.

<edge_dweller_speculation_and_commentary> Indeed... not much fiber in Mulvane, AFAIK, but I believe that some of the runs from WCHTKS to OKCYOK probably come close. Fiber from Kansas City to Dallas usually goes through Wichita. Hmmmm.... I just ran a Mulvane NPA/NXX, and the CLLI indicates that Mulvane is a WCHTKS CO. Perhaps there is some local fiber, although I'd think that it's too fast for Mulvane speed limits. ;-) Watch out for speed traps if you ever have the misfortune of driving through^W^W^W^W opportunity to visit Mulvane... </edge_dweller_speculation_and_commentary> Eddy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita/(Inter)national Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT) From: A Trap <blacklist@brics.com> To: blacklist@brics.com Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature. These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots. Do NOT send mail to <blacklist@brics.com>, or you are likely to be blocked.