We had very high winds yesterday that resulted in a tank car and a covered hopper being blown off the CSX bridge and into the river. Two covered hoppers are still on their sides up on the bridge. The empty tank car floated East of the rt 40 bridge before being pulled out of the river. The hopper was pulled out between the CSX bridge and rt 40. A work crew is on the bridge working to clear the 2 hoppers on their sides.
Side Rod
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Here are some more facts and pics, courtesy of THE AEGIS Newspaper.
Q409, a mixed freight headed to Richmond,VA., derailed on the x-B&O steel truss bridge over the Susquehanna River. The bridge is single track and is 1of 4 large bridges spanning the Susquehanna within 1 mile between Havre De Grace (Harford Co.), and Perryville, MD. (Cecil Co.) (I-95, US 40, the x-B&O bridge, now CSX, and the famed x-PRR drawbridge, now Amtrak NEC).
Several cars derailed on the bridge, and at least 4 more were blown off their wheelsets into the river.
2 of the cars that went into the river were buoyant enough to float to the Perryville shore along Frenchtown Road, and were removed.
The bridge carrying I-95 automobile traffic has a warning sign to the effect -- "bridge subject to high winds" -- even on a good day. So I can only imagine what the winds were like on those bridges during yesterday's Nor'easter. 
wow!
That must have been a sight!
Did the Tank car split open or was it empty to begin with?
prrhorseshoecurve posted:Did the Tank car split open or was it empty to begin with?
Obviously empty, as it even floated in the water for some distance.
BROADCAST UPON RECEIPT AND EVERY HOUR UNTIL CANCELLED MD-CHESAPEAKE BAY-HEAD OF CHESAPEAKE BAY-SUSQUEHANNA RIVER SEC MD-NCR BNM 222-18 1. HAZARD TO NAVIGATION-THE COAST GUARD HAS RECEIVED A REPORT OF 2 RAIL CARS SUBMERGED IVO THE CSX SUSQUEHANNA RAILROAD BRIDGE 0.8 MILE ABOVE THE MOUTH OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER WITH THE LOCATION OF THE CARS UNKNOWN. ALL MARINERS ARE URGED TO TRANSIT THE AREA WITH CAUTION. 2. CANCEL AT DTG 172000Z MAR 18.
I was on the I-95 Bridge once when a microburst hit. Canvas covers were blown off truck loads, Vehicles shaking up & down. Mrs RJR still shudders when she remembers it.
The I 95 and the Route 40 bridge were all closed to traffic during the storm when this happened. Did not reopen until this morning. With I 95 and Rt. 40 closed to traffic there were major traffic jams everywhere. If you wanted to cross the river you had to north to route 30 in PA.
RJR posted:I was on the I-95 Bridge once when a microburst hit. Canvas covers were blown off truck loads, Vehicles shaking up & down. Mrs RJR still shudders when she remembers it.
That I-95 bridge (and another one nearby) was closed Friday into Saturday after two tractor/trailers overturned due to high winds. Not at all surprised to read about this...
The bridges in that area span roughly 1 mile of the Susquehanna River below. And I'm sure it was the longest, white-knuckle mile for drivers riding on them yesterday (Friday) in the storm.
MTH & Lionel trains may be delayed by the storm also:
| News Release | Mar. 4, 2018 |
70 stray cargo containers pose threat to mariners off North Carolina
PORTSMOUTH, Va.— The Coast Guard is warning mariners of navigation hazards after about 70 cargo containers fell off of a cargo ship Saturday night, about 17 miles off Oregon Inlet, North Carolina.
The cargo ship Maersk Shanghai contacted watchstanders at Sector North Carolina’s command center via VHF-FM marine radio channel 16, notifying them that they lost approximately 70 to 73 cargo containers due to high winds and heavy seas.
The Coast Guard urges all mariners to transit this area with caution.
-USCG-
The I-95 bridge over the river has nothing but a concrete barrier on each side. Its a scary ride on a good day.
Trucks blew over on the Claiborne Pell Bridge to Newport RI:
http://turnto10.com/news/local...er-on-newport-bridge
and the Braga Bridge to Fall River MA:
Now we know why all East Coast N-S Amtrak routes were closed. It was the right move.
This was not the Amtrak (ex-PRR) bridge, but the CSX (ex-B&O) Bridge. The big issue for Amtrak was trees falling onto tracks. I suppose the Auto-Train Superliners would rock a bit.
The NE corridor north of New York runs within feet of the LI Sound. probably had flooding too.
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