Wreck Of 99

The wreck of 99 is an important event in Roger's Park's (by extension Marty's BIGASS Pizza) history. At Bedford Park in the early hours of the morning (5:52AM), a Union Pacific freight train had been assembled and was being prepared to depart for Green Bay Wisconsin to interchange with the Canadian Pacific. Conductor John Hathaway was responsible for inspecting the train to make sure there are no problems with said train before departure. John Hathaway said over the radio to engineer Manny McCloud that he was good to go. The yard master then gave them track clearance to depart at 6:01AM. What John Hathaway overlooked was a kink in the air hose between car #12 and car #13, which will prevent the air pressure from car #13 all the way to car #57 from dropping to 0 PSI (applied air brake pressure). The train departed Bedford Park with ex-Southern Pacific SD45T-2 9367 (on-point), Union Pacific SD60M 2374, and Union Pacific C40-8 9337 (dead-in-tow). When the train approached Roger's Park, it was intended to slow down to 25MPH from it's original 55MPH. Due to the kink in the air hose, only 9367, 2374, and the 12 cars behind the engines applied braking power. The engineer noticed the train wasn't slowing down, but rather speeding up. He pushed the brake lever all the way into emergency mode, but it was too late. The train crashed over the Roger's Park bend at around 67MPH derailing into the town center. 6 of the cars near the front carrying Liquified Petroleum Gas ruptured and violently exploded leveling most of Roger's Park (including the local Almart) except for Marty's BIGASS Pizza which was almost untouched! In the aftermath, Southern Pacific 9367 and Union Pacific 2374 were deemed irreparable and were scrapped on-sight. Union Pacific 9337 was rebuilt and re-entered service until it was retired in 2014. It now sits in the Yuma desert waiting to re-enter mainline service. Marty's BIGASS Pizza opened the day after the LPG was cleaned up. Customers that have entered Marty's BIGASS Pizza have since complained of a gas/diesel smell inside the building. Supposedly 3 children were killed in the parking lot outside of Marty's BIGASS Pizza during the wreck, but the bodies were never found except for a small bloody game-boy that was crushed on the pavement.