Pilot River Transportation, Inc., Upper River Services, Inc., and Wausau Insurance Companies v. Chicago and North Western Transportation Company

ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge.

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This appeal arises from a maritime collision which occurred on May 3, 1985, when a vessel owned and insured by appellees, Pilot River Transportation and Wausau Insurance Companies (collectively referred to as Pilot River), collided with the Pig’s Eye Railroad Bridge, owned and operated by appellant, Chicago and Northwestern Transportation Company (C & NW). At the time of the collision, Pilot River’s towboat, the M/V Minneapolis, was pushing a tow of three loaded grain barges down the Mississippi River. The collision occurred when the M/V Minneapolis tow struck the…