another train derailment,its a big one,now in delaware Ohio.

So what. They are only grain cars, no body injured, and no damage to the local community. They'll have it cleaned up within 2 days, and the local wildlife will eat until they explode. 

That's a lot of chicken feed.

That doggoned Northfolk and Southern is at it again.

IMO that remark was uncalled for.

I believe the op was just reporting the news.

I didn't know that the "Northfolk and southern" had railroad in Ohio.  How about that!

Does Norfolk Southern run anywhere near there? 

LOL, then you obviously don't know Hot Water...

Yep good news is its just grain.

Bad news is it looks expensive

Just chicken feed.

That's just corny!

Jerry

There might be a grain of truth in that, or perhaps the engineer was being hen-pecked at the time? 

But,,,,,,what if the Engineer involved was Female?

IBTL !

Yeah and if it is expensive guess who will end up paying?  Us!

Every bird in Ohio will be there tomorrow. No one hurt is the good news. Insurance will pay, cars to be fixed, some OT paid out, rail to put down, and new orders of Chicken feed to be ordered. Looks like everyone is a winner except the poor chickens whose bellies may miss a meal or two.

Comes under stuff happens. 

I didn't know NS and CSX shared the same right of way. I learned something today.

Rich, I don't know exactly where in Ohio this happened but I've been to Boardman, Ohio many times as conductor with  NS.  I don't know what the deal was but we would be stranded in Boardman for days at a time before they would bring us home. 

To be sung to "GREEN ACRES".  Motel 6 is the place to be

          Motel livin' is the life for me

Question...how did they get those cars to be so neatly arranged perpendicular to the tracks?

This happened on NS's mainline near Delaware, OH. No CSX trains run here. Word is at work that everything on the tapes came back clean. it isn't going to be the crew's responsibility. I did notice in one of the pictures that an axle appeared to have both wheels on one side. Hmmmm.....just wondering if that was the cause. 

Delaware County, OH = Just north of Columbus.

Man well its grain.And it could have been a lot whorse.It could have been tankcars with corn syrup.Now that would have been a sticky situation.

Gentlemen,

   You can see the big NS Black & White Engines right here in the Pitcarin, Pa yard, sometimes the CSX engine will be right in the same Yard with them.  Don't know about Ohio but Pa has them both from time to time.  My understanding is that our Pitcarin Yard is now one of the largest in the world again, with it's own maintance outfit, and we still have the Union Railroad here also.

Sure glad nobody got hurt, my nephue is an Engineer in this area, every time I see one of these pile ups I hold my breath.

PCRR/Dave

They must of done a lot of work to Picairn since I was last there. It had 2 intermodel loading tracks and a runner with I think 5 short stub end support tracks. The arrangement allowed one train to work at a time. The whole design was a near waste of real estate. There was plenty of space to expand on if that was done in the last several years.

Are those new covered hoppers strong enough to be usable again after such a pile-up?

Andrew

And HW was just "reporting" his opinion. "So what" is certainly not "uncalled for." Can we once have a discussion where someone doesn't take offense at the most innocuous of remarks?

Dang, we've become a weak society.

Meh...   Local wild life will be fat and happy for a couple of days.   At least it wasn't acid or oil; then the enviro's would be kvetching up a storm.   Fortunately no one was hurt - thats what really matters.   NS will be out a few bucks;  one of those occupational hazards I suppose.   

I'm waiting for a train full of MONEY to derail just like that close to my house;  so far no luck...   

Well, thankfully it appears no NS Huuurrriiittaggeee Units were harmed. 

I can hear it now..."somebody better call Corman and get a sh&tload of chickens out here."