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It's Been a Rough Few Weeks on the Railroads: Another Derailment
« on: March 09, 2015, 02:38:47 PM »
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This one's Amtrak in North Carolina.  Train versus truck.

http://news.yahoo.com/amtrak-train-truck-collide-north-carolina-reports-181059333.html

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Re: It's Been a Rough Few Weeks on the Railroads: Another Derailment
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2015, 06:22:18 PM »
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Five will get you ten the truck wasn't on the tracks more then 10 minutes taking a shortcut
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Re: It's Been a Rough Few Weeks on the Railroads: Another Derailment
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2015, 07:41:03 PM »
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I read that it was carrying heavy machinery and was being escorted by 2 state trooper cars.
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Re: It's Been a Rough Few Weeks on the Railroads: Another Derailment
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2015, 08:21:10 PM »
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I haven't heard a news report on the crew yet, and I hope they're okay, considering the initial impact and subsequent overturning of the locomotive.  In the cell phone video taken of the crash, you can see the force the locomotive took as it pitched up several inches or more at impact, which surely must have just lifted the front truck off the rails.

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Re: It's Been a Rough Few Weeks on the Railroads: Another Derailment
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2015, 08:39:10 PM »
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Dave a person I know on Facebook knows the engineer and he said except for being shook up and some minor bruises, he and the rest of the crew are doing fine. 
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Re: It's Been a Rough Few Weeks on the Railroads: Another Derailment
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2015, 05:38:10 AM »
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Load looks like half of a pre-fab house.
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Re: It's Been a Rough Few Weeks on the Railroads: Another Derailment
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2015, 11:54:39 AM »
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Fortunately no fatalities, which is astounding given how fast the train was traveling.

Question on the baggage car, which as the first car in the consist was a contributing factor to there being no loss of life.  It appears to be a Budd heritage car, but I can't make out its origins.  Any thoughts?

 
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Re: It's Been a Rough Few Weeks on the Railroads: Another Derailment
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2015, 03:28:33 PM »
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Re: It's Been a Rough Few Weeks on the Railroads: Another Derailment
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2015, 03:46:10 PM »
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Here you go:

http://www.ktvn.com/story/28376660/truck-driver-in-amtrak-crash-in-nc-has-history-of-violations

Poor judgment, bad attitude or whatever, looking for a place to happen.
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Re: It's Been a Rough Few Weeks on the Railroads: Another Derailment
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2015, 04:36:57 PM »
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An Associated Press reporter walked past the no-trespassing sign on the front porch of Black's home in the rural community of Claremont, North Carolina, and knocked on the door seeking comment about the records.

This was my favorite line from the article that Mike posted above.  In other words, according to the article, the truck driver must be at fault, because he has a list of criminal infractions.   Meanwhile, the AP reporter is admitted to having broken the law by trying to get a scoop on an interview with the driver.  Awesome reporting.

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Re: It's Been a Rough Few Weeks on the Railroads: Another Derailment
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2015, 05:46:01 PM »
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there will be explicit rules created about who is to call the railroad...

what a pile of finger pointing.

trespassing laws are interesting.
I doubt the reporter broke any laws....

it is hard to get closer without busting out however.

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