Train engineer ran train off rails near US Navy ship

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A California man faces federal charges after officials allege he ran a train at full speed off the end of a rail at the US Navel ship Mercy,1,000 -bed floating hospital that arrived in the port of Los Angeles,last week amid the corona virus pandemic.

Eduardo Moreno,44 of San Pedro was charged wednesday with one count of train wrecking,after the tuesday incident,the US dept. of justice said.

Moreno told law enforcement officers,he intentionally derailed and crashed the train near the mercy,the train crashed through several barriers and came to rest 250 yards from the mercy.

If convicted Moreno faces 20 years in federal prison.

USA TODAY

Let the bizarre things start happening.

Any word what the train was hauling? Would be kind of funny if it was carrying a shipment of medical supplies.

More interesting is that the engineer allegedly made statements to a CHP officer that included, "You only get this chance once.  The whole world is watching.  I had to.  People don't know what's going on here.  Now they will."

Fekking conspiracy theorists...

There is apparently a shortage of medical supplies so I wouldn't find a bunch of destroyed medical supplies to be very funny.

I think he meant funny-stupid, not funny-haha.

Fascinating to see humans react like animals.

I think it was just an engine.

Overhead image shows at least one flatcar with a shipping container on it.  The engineer admitted that he did it, saying that he was suspicious of the Mercy and believed it had an alternative purpose related to CoViD-19 or a government takeover.

Link to ABC-7 Story.

Last edited by Fnord on 02 Apr 2020, 11:59 am, edited 1 time in total.

I meant funny as in ironic.

It's idiotic ... mere suspicion and unfounded belief were all it took to motivate the engineer.

Doesn't the railroad screen for stupidity?

Well...the US railroad industry doesn't even care about your motor vehicle driving record when they hire you to drive trains. Or they didn't until a few years ago (after an epic crash on the eastern corridor). So I doubt that they go into your psychiatric record.

I'm wondering if he was on drugs.

The FMCSA regulates how trucks can cross a railroad track but does not regulate trains

What an idiot, having cars attached reduced his momentum. He should have had more common sense and uncoupled before trying to hit a boat with a train.