I'm not sure of any details but there is a 10 car derailment on the curve. I'm watching the live cam on youtube. It's hard to believe it happen.
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Yeah, i was checkin that out, can't see much at night, though. I did notice the maintenance truck and a bunch of flashlights checkin out the consist. I imagine the heavy equipment will arrive soon to clean things up.
*update* another truck, more lights, gonna be a busy night on the old curve.
Here's a link to the live feed if you want to watch;
Main 1 is clear; 2 and 3 blocked. Rewind and record your videos now before the cam erases it! Don’t forget to ask permission if you do so and post it! 10-11 cars on the ground with two SD70ACe’s and one SD70M-2...
Sounds like they are sending NS 6313 and it’s helper twin up to help. Two guys just walked up to the top of the curve. Railfanning??
At least no crew members were hurt in the derailment. Thanks for posting.
Tom
Virtual Railfan already did a video capture of the derailment
Who built that consist? Empty centerbeams ahead of loaded pulpwood gons. That's not too bright. Couple that with a 9° curve and you get a classic stringlining wreck.
Someone commented that the cause was a draw bar breaking. Looks to me, in this drone footage, like the 3 empties string lined. I would tend to believe the draw bar broke because it twisted apart when the car attached to it laid over. I don't see how the draw bar breaking would cause the empties to lay on there side in a straight line.
Excellent footage from the drone!
Thank you for posting.
Chris
LVHR
Real time web cam. Click the PLAY arrow to watch it in real time.
Thanks for posting the drone footage, which was nicely done!
Tom
Either the center beams are too damaged or their trucks OR the tanker is leaking as they are now throwing the center beams off to the side.
Nick Chillianis posted:Who built that consist? Empty centerbeams ahead of loaded pulpwood gons. That's not too bright. Couple that with a 9° curve and you get a classic stringlining wreck.
AMEN! Those empties in the middle of the train were a stringline derailment waiting to happen.
That is a 1.7% grade on a 9-degree curve...a TOUGH pull! I've been there and done that in NKP 765 with a 13-car passenger train, 4 gons of coal and an idling NKP Heritage diesel.
Here's an interesting somewhat related to this accident question:
Does the engineer stay with his/her engine, even though not moving (or until relieved by higher up), until the end of the shift for pay purposes, or does the RR "stop the pay clock" at accident time (you're no longer running a train), even though derailment was not his/her fault? Or "it depends on the RR and/or union"???
Watching the workers on the curve coupling the brakeless cars together is like watching a thriller movie. First off they held two of them for hours with just a single blocks of wood (on a 1.7% grade). When they finally decided to couple two of them together the first hitch failed and the lower car rolled tenor 15 feet.
I have moved old, beat up, brakeless cars and engines hundreds of times, but not on the side of a hill! Tune in, it's worth the price of admission!
rrman posted:Here's an interesting somewhat related to this accident question:
Does the engineer stay with his/her engine, even though not moving (or until relieved by higher up), until the end of the shift for pay purposes, or does the RR "stop the pay clock" at accident time (you're no longer running a train), even though derailment was not his/her fault? Or "it depends on the RR and/or union"???
You are paid until you put off duty, no matter what the situation or how many hours it takes to get to a terminal or away from home point where you can do so.
As Rich said above, those empties on the head end were an accident waiting to happen. 12,000+ horsepower up front, some empties followed by loads, the grade and the curve... bad combination.
