Western Railroad Discussion > Abandoned Reefer in Cajon Pass

Well, my assumption from the other day (since we really don't know) is that a car jumped on a WB UP train (maybe at Silverwood) in Cajon Pass, dragged it by the Dragging Equipment Detector and they stopped (with the wrecked car about 1/2 mile west of the detector). Wrecker lifted the car off the rails and deposited on the right of way, they buttoned up the train, creeped them back down the hill, fixed the track and back to normal. 

I found the car today. Again, I just tried to put two and two together. I could be TOTALLY wrong--- before y'all get any ideas. From what I have been able to gather from my sources (and from the pics obviously), it's a "dismantle on site" car now, and was still running when i took these today (Saturday). The logistics involved in getting the refrigerated product transloaded is incredible.. I'm sure they're considering writing off the contents. May be produce, may be meat. In any case, here are the few shots I took while I was spending my last full day in the pass before heading back to Chi-town tomorrow... 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/09/19 01:17 by grandtrunk.

---

---

---

Any seals on the doors? Maybe an empty car that someone turned on the reefer unit. Had to imagine something of value left unattended.

Posted from Android

The center sill on the A end of the car looks completely bent, usually a fatal affliction, scrappy time indeed...

Curious how it got that way, and was still moving along with the train...

needles_sub Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Any seals on the doors? Maybe an empty car that
> someone turned on the reefer unit. Had to imagine
> something of value left unattended.

Strong possibility.  Turn on the reefer unit to burn all the remaining fuel.  One less than thing to remove when scrapping the car, that way no concerns about spillage.

Do the refer units use propane or diesel?

Diesel

Computer shows a load in "general hold" status at Summit, CA as of 6/7/19; now at Lynwood; CA.   Load of meat scheduled to be transloaded abd car scrapped on site.

Dick Samuels



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/09/19 08:35 by EMDSW-1.

pulled the coupler pocket out and the car crashed ?

My understanding is those reefers are remotely controlled via sattelite. How did you manage to hand that one off, Dick?

Keith Van Atta

dan Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> pulled the coupler pocket out and the car crashed
> ?

If you look closely, it's still there. It looks as if the center sill was peeled apart like a banana and a majority smashed sideways through the side sill and sill step. With that type of damage, the coupler had to of been attached until the "pocket" was ripped apart. 
In fact, in photo #2, there looks to be the coupler and (mostly) intact draft key sticking out! 

wonder where it was in the train, rough handling?

Looks like a Tyson load out of Lexington NE.

Out

EMDSW-1 Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Computer shows a load in "general hold" status at
> Summit, CA as of 6/7/19; now at Lynwood; CA. 
>  Load of meat scheduled to be transloaded abd car
> scrapped on site.
>
> Dick Samuels

Dog food now?  Not good enough for dogs, will be sold at corner BBQ stands throughout SoCal?

mapboy

MRL would hold chicken bbq safety feeds across the railroad to get it all used up.

mapboy Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> EMDSW-1 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Computer shows a load in "general hold" status
> at
> > Summit, CA as of 6/7/19; now at Lynwood; CA. 
> >  Load of meat scheduled to be transloaded abd
> car
> > scrapped on site.
> >
> > Dick Samuels
>
> Dog food now?  Not good enough for dogs, will be
> sold at corner BBQ stands throughout SoCal?
>
> mapboy

If it is a frozen load, car body has not been compromised in any way and the temperature has stayed within parameters, I am guessing it could be still sold as intended.

      As a food product, no one in his right mind would try to sell the contents for human consumption the way liabilities are in the U.S.  Maybe not even for animal food, not worth it. Unload it, haul to a land fill and bury it.

if it is cooled gets unloaded monday, i don't see a problem

It was the car involved in the derailment last week.

CS

Safety feed for the local Coyotes! And no not management field testing. 

Sounds like this post:

Date: 06/06/19 09:13
Derailment on the Cajon Sub between CP Walker and CP Silverwood?

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,4806470