Eastern Railroad Discussion > NS Derailment Near Hannibal MO Auto Racks -Crushed!!

16 Miles west of Hannibal Mo   near town of Huntington,  MO.   This afternoon ??  

Looks like about 18 + -  auto racks with brand New Auto's on board.  Not good situation.

No fires.  No other info.   Anyone else have a report?   Train ID   etc?

Going to have to cut down lot of trees to access the site for clean up.  Landowners will be interested in access ($$) to NS.

Looks like plenty of wrecked Ford trucks

https://khqa.com/news/local/train-carrying-new-vehicles-derails-in-northern-ralls-county

Posted from iPhone

Amazing that that the signal wasn't "knocked down", literally. I guess this won't help Ford's dealing with the chip shortage that has reduced new truck availability. I am sure happy I took delivery of a new Ford Ranger a couple months ago. Best truck I've owned in 35 years or more. Reality is I work in the military and NASA communication field, the chip shortage is killing our business, it's not just cars and trucks.
Gonut

Gonut1 Wrote:
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> Amazing that that the signal wasn't "knocked
> down", literally.

The derailment took out the siding switch, both mainline signals and the signal bungalow.

The train (148) derailed in 2 places 50+ cars all together. Quite the mess. The crew was uninjured.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/02/21 21:53 by Off-pending.

Maybe they'll try to salvage the chips and use them in other new trucks? <G>

Victor

According to Heritageunits.com, NS 148 leader was the Conrail heritage unit, NS 8098. 

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Gonut1 Wrote:
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> Amazing that that the signal wasn't "knocked
> down", literally. I guess this won't help Ford's
> dealing with the chip shortage that has reduced
> new truck availability. I am sure happy I took
> delivery of a new Ford Ranger a couple months ago.
> Best truck I've owned in 35 years or more. Reality
> is I work in the military and NASA communication
> field, the chip shortage is killing our business,
> it's not just cars and trucks.
> Gonut

I had a 98 Ranger for just under 10 years, traded it in when my daughter was on the way. Still miss that truck!

As for the semiconductor shortage, it is hitting everyone, especially the electrical industry where I work.

Dan

Posted from iPhone

Shouldn’t this be on western Board?

Posted from iPhone

Q-GP30 Wrote:
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> Shouldn’t this be on western Board?
>
> Posted from iPhone

I can see it either way. NS gets talked about more on the Eastern Board but the accident happened west of the Mississippi

dschlegel Wrote:
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> Gonut1 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Amazing that that the signal wasn't "knocked
> > down", literally. I guess this won't help
> Ford's
> > dealing with the chip shortage that has reduced
> > new truck availability. I am sure happy I took
> > delivery of a new Ford Ranger a couple months
> ago.
> > Best truck I've owned in 35 years or more.
> Reality
> > is I work in the military and NASA
> communication
> > field, the chip shortage is killing our
> business,
> > it's not just cars and trucks.
> > Gonut
>
> I had a 98 Ranger for just under 10 years, traded
> it in when my daughter was on the way. Still miss
> that truck!
>
> As for the semiconductor shortage, it is hitting
> everyone, especially the electrical industry where
> I work.
>
> Dan
>
> Posted from iPhone

My experience with the previous generation of Rangers is that they were horribly unfortable to drive.  By comparison, the S10's I've owned and driven were like sitting in a good recliner.  The Rangers always felt like a straight jacket to me.  My best friend would often borrow his Dad's Ranger and said the exact same thing.

JPB Wrote:
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> According to Heritageunits.com, NS 148 leader was
> the Conrail heritage unit, NS 8098. 

Wow, no kidding? And you're the only one to mention this so far?? That was a close call

Posted from Android

As usual,Go from the origrinal topic TRAINS to rants about TRUCKS!
Give me a break!

Uncle Joe

WOW, this signal is still standing.

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jst3751 Wrote:
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> WOW, this signal is still standing.

Old Wabash searchlight signal missed being wiped out by the derailment but likely destined to be replaced with the other signal casulties when the mess is cleaned up.

How many cars were on this train?  Were any DPUs in operation at the time of the derailment?

Again, how many car were in this train?  How many engineer starts would this mess pay for?  When will this management team wake up?

My understanding is that all the vehicles on the autoracks that derailed will be scrapped, even ones that appear unimpacted. Railroads don't want the liability that could occur if they were offered for sale and one crashes injuring occupants. Some shyster lawyer would file a claim that it had been damaged in a train wreck and the railroad has to pay for all subsequent human injuries and property damage.

Somebody call Ford so they can recycle the semi conductors