Western Railroad Discussion > On the ground in Tacoma

From KIRO FM and Tacoma Fire Department twitter, two locomotives are on the ground in Tacoma.  Fuel is leaking, and Fire Department is on the scene.  To me, it looks like a sideswipe.  KIRO reported it as being Tacoma Rail, but the address given is 1301 E 21st, so that's the BNSF yard.  Not sure if that means a TR crew was involved, or not.  One injury reported.

A Fire Department photo...

 



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 08/28/15 11:58 by radar.

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Well from the looks of things the BNSF was there first. Judging from the strobes on the UP 598 it was a RCL operation and the UP crew most likely ran into the side of the BNSF unit.

Dick Samuels
Oregon Pacific Railroad



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/28/15 12:25 by EMDSW-1.

Looks from the overhead shots like the 2 UP units derailed and momentum carried them into the BNSF sidewipe, messing up some track in the bargain. Don't think the Orange Ones hit the dirt. 

Cheers, Dave

EMDSW-1 Wrote:
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> Well from the looks of things the BNSF was there
> first. Judging from the strobes on the UP 598 it
> was a RCL operation and the UP crew most likely
> ran into the side of the BNSF unit.
>
> Dick Samuels
> Oregon Pacific Railroad


that's a helluva assumption ...

The two locals collided on the diamond where the BNSF connection to Tacoma Rail crosses the lead out of the UP yard. Reportedly the UP was a remote job while the BNSF was a conventional switch job.

More photos here;
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/1500-gallons-of-fuel-spill-after-2-train-engines-collide-in-Tacoma-323243381.html

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/28/15 13:48 by funnelfan.

With no handrail damage on the UP and handrail damage on the BNSF sure looks like BNSF hit UP? With the area wide open looks like someone wasn't paying attention to something.
JB

Burlington Pacific

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This is not how you're supposed to do a merger.

andrewamtrak Wrote:
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Isn't that how the Santa Fe and SP tried to do it? Didn't work then either.-BMT

EMDSW-1 Wrote:
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> Well from the looks of things the BNSF was there
> first. Judging from the strobes on the UP 598 it
> was a RCL operation and the UP crew most likely
> ran into the side of the BNSF unit.
>
> Dick Samuels
> Oregon Pacific Railroad

Both could of been remote jobs. The trail BNSF engine was a RCL.

With traffic down it looks they are fighting for every load they can get. This is ripe for a lot of great captions.

Bruce Stikkers
St. Joseph, IL