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Train Catches Fire on Tracks in Schulenburg

  • Schulenburg firefighters douse the inside of a Union Pacific train with water after it started smoking from an electrical malfunction Tuesday morning. Photo by Andy Behlen
    Schulenburg firefighters douse the inside of a Union Pacific train with water after it started smoking from an electrical malfunction Tuesday morning. Photo by Andy Behlen
A Union Pacific train made an unscheduled stop in Schulenburg Tuesday morning after one of the engines caught fire. The Schulenburg Volunteer Fire Department received a call reporting a train on fire at the east end of town around 10 a.m. They found a Union Pacific train stopped on the tracks along South Main Street just east of Herder Avenue near Tex Propane Company. The second locomotive on…

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