"You were there"!
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Wow......
Wow again. Was there a pusher on that manifest? It sure seemed like the cars continued forward pretty fast, even after many had left the track. If no pusher, than pretty scary what the momentum of the train does.
TWIMC*:
Don't you hope that doesn't happen while you're standing too close to the rails foamin' for the perfect picture?
(* To Whom It May Concern)
Andre
No pushers, just lots of inertia from 89 loads and 27 emptys. Probably doing track speed of 40 mph or so. Keep this in mind next time you are first at the crossing gates! I learned years ago to stay back a few car lengths after watching a couple of 86 foot high cubes pick a switch, fall over, and slide by me on their sides. (They sounded like kettle drums when they hit). I slammed the company truck into reverse and got the heck out of the way! My co-worker's eyes looked like dinner plates. Fond memories of Conrail back in the day!
There appears to be a fire between the first and second engines in the video. I hope that no one was hurt. NH Joe
Traction motor failure?
Very impressive that somebody was recording this train on video at the point of derailment.
The sparks are because the train is derailed and the wheels, truck side frames, etc, are grinding along on the rail.
Andre
Tropicana Juice Train?
Number 90 posted:Very impressive that somebody was recording this train on video at the point of derailment.
That was residental security camera footage. You can see the playback interface and the overlay indicating "side yard"
I found another posting on YouTube (same camera but the actual footage rather than a video of the monitor playing back the raw footage), and a commenter gave an address wihch allowed me to see the location of the incident on Google Maps.
---PCJ
I wonder if the kids will ever be allowed to play in the back yard again...
Curt
One lucky telephone pole!
Ed
Ed Mullan posted:One lucky telephone pole!
Ed
And one lucky signal bridge too!
Ed Mullan posted:One lucky telephone pole!
Ed
I kept watching for that pole to be taken out. That last car stopped short and then got bumped by another car but it never toppled the pole!
Was watching the signal bridge too,
i stopped at the derailment site today . both tracks open with the eastern part of cp37 gone....they have panel track down for now. watched a couple reefers get cleaned up. the push the car on its side ,then rip the roof off to dig out the cargo onto haz-mat dumpters....sad to see all that really nice food getting pitched out. onions and oranges bigger than a softball.
