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At approximately 8:21 a.m., CDT, eastbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) intermodal freight train, S-LACLPC1-26K, travelling at a recorded speed of 54 mph, collided head-on with westbound BNSF intermodal Freight Train Q-CHISBD6-27L, which was travelling at a recorded speed of 29 mph. The collision occurred...