Western Railroad Discussion > Washington Eastern Railroad derailment at Almira, Washington.

Washington Eastern Railroad (WER) had a derailment at Almira, Washington early this morning with two locomotives on the ground at Almira, Washington early, early morning. This was the aftermath to the right of way after WER got the freight cars moved out of the way.


SP8100

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Not good for the ties! Hope that was the only damage.

Larry

The front truck of the WER 3910 and the rear truck of the WER 3776 is completely off the rails at the east switch of Almira Farmers Wheathouse in Almira, Washington.   The front truck of the WER 3776 is also derailed, but not shown.

A crane is scheduled to be on site tomorrow morning to re-rail the two locomotives.



SP8100

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Spread the gauge, pick a switch?

Roadrailer Wrote:
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> Spread the gauge, pick a switch?

Roadrailer,

Likely picked a kink at the end of the diverging route of a trailing point switch and traveled approximately 6 to 8 car lengths before it picked a second switch was a facing point switch.


SP8100



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/02/21 21:47 by SP8100.

Looks like one of the "guard timbers" on the left took a hit.  Are they a good alternative to traditional guard rails?  Seemsto me that the angled ends of guardrails would make them work better.  Might even make them more resistant to rolling over, since the rail is not in line?   

I hear those blue six-axle monsters will be going away soon?
Dave

Yes.  Won't marked out ex CSX C40-8Ws look great as their replacements?
 

Kimball Wrote:
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> Looks like one of the "guard timbers" on the left
> took a hit.  Are they a good alternative to
> traditional guard rails?  Seemsto me that the
> angled ends of guardrails would make them work
> better.  Might even make them more resistant to
> rolling over, since the rail is not in line?   

Guard timbers are primarily to anchor the ties from getting skewed by the rail running. However in this case they served to deflect the wheels in a straight line.

Dick Samuels

monaddave Wrote:
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> I hear those blue six-axle monsters will be going
> away soon?
> Dave

So they will leave the two GP30s? Going to four-axle power soley for this exact reason?

When this was BNSF before Watco the BNSF did not allow 6 axle power on the line due to the curves and rail  size and tie conditions and in fact they would embargo the line for a few weeks up to a a month when the spring thaw hit due to the track conditions and the underlying geology of parts of the line
Looks like they had cars on the ground as long with the Units 
Be safe out there

There are 3 ex-CSXT CW40-8's due to arrive in a few weeks to replace the poorly maintained SD40-2's. The CW40-8's were rebuilt in 2017 and sidelined in 2019. The Santa Fe painted GP30 will stick around as Geiger Turn and work train power, and backup for the CW40-8's. The blue GP30 is a basket case, and cannot say if it will run again. They were attempting to sell it, but no takers as of yet.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR