Western Railroad Discussion > Two trains in one derail in East Texas

Pine Bluff Sub north of Big Sandy


https://www.kltv.com/2022/03/07/20-train-cars-derailed-pittsburg/

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/07/22 16:05 by WrongWayMurphy.

Since the doubled up 13,000' train derailed at two different spots in the train, sounds like the in-train forces overcame the ability of the flanges to keep the train on the rails.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

Article mentions loaded autoracks.  This is going to get expensive...
--j

I wonder if they think it was two trains coupled up because of the DP units.  While there have been some manifests "doubled up," usually it's unit trains that are combined for part of the journey..  A 13000 ft length isn't unusual for a manifest anymore.

57A26 Wrote:
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> I wonder if they think it was two trains coupled
> up because of the DP units.  While there have
> been some manifests "doubled up," usually it's
> unit trains that are combined for part of the
> journey..  A 13000 ft length isn't unusual for a
> manifest anymore.

A 13,000 foot manifest train is essentially a "doubled up" train, it's just by design where they get rid of one train symbol and add all those cars to another, creating the monster.

And they wonder why everytime someone turns around one ends up on the ground!

Looks like it was a UP 2X1X1 manifest.  Interesting to see how one train derailed in two different places.

But......another penny was saved (sarcasm).....??!!??.....:</