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Western Railroad Discussion > BNSF Transcon closed at Hazelton KS due too derailment 2/12/2024Date: 02/12/24 06:28 BNSF Transcon closed at Hazelton KS due too derailment 2/12/2024 Author: Cumbres Was listening on the scanner this morning and DS 4 was parking WB's east of Wellington, KS. Farthest east I heard being parked was in Chelsea, KS. That's about 55 miles as the crow flies to Wellington, Not sure on the RR mileage. All due to a derailment of what appears to be a doublestack at Hazelton, KS which is between Attica and Kiowa. I don't know any information other then what is in the following link.
https://www.ksn.com/news/state-regional/train-derails-in-barber-county/ Cumbres Date: 02/12/24 06:52 Re: BNSF Transcon closed at Hazelton KS due too derailment 2/12/2 Author: santafe199 With the faithful KS hwy 2 closely parallel, that mess is right out there "in front of God & everybody"! Hopefully the clean-up & re-opening will go smoothly...
Lance/199 Date: 02/12/24 07:07 Re: BNSF Transcon closed at Hazelton KS due too derailment 2/12/2 Author: texchief1 Looks like a mess! Hazelton was evacuated in a 1998 derailment.
texchief1 Date: 02/12/24 07:50 Re: BNSF Transcon closed at Hazelton KS due too derailment 2/12/2 Author: HogheadMike Does anyone have the length and car count on this train? Was it an excessive length train?
Date: 02/12/24 08:01 Re: BNSF Transcon closed at Hazelton KS due too derailment 2/12/2 Author: MrMRL Based on a car number trace in one of the photos online, it appears to have been the Z-WSPSTO3-11A. 3 motors on the head end, 64 loads, 4377 tons, 6252 length.
~ Mr. MRL Date: 02/13/24 04:32 Re: BNSF Transcon closed at Hazelton KS due too derailment 2/12/2 Author: dcfbalcoS1 Unfortunate, some were all ready to pin it on those long trains and it was a shorty. : )
Date: 02/13/24 10:35 Re: BNSF Transcon closed at Hazelton KS due too derailment 2/12/2 Author: Cumbres Heard today that the derailment was due too a broken rail. Crew had a wild ride but stayed on the tracks. The rest of the train not so much.
Date: 02/13/24 11:17 Re: BNSF Transcon closed at Hazelton KS due too derailment 2/12/2 Author: trainjunkie dcfbalcoS1 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Unfortunate, some were all > ready to pin it on those long trains and it was a > shorty. : ) Trust me, there are far more PSR-induced problems on the modern railroad than just long trains. |