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Eastern Railroad Discussion > CSX put one on the ground in Jax, waiting on news update, no msgDate: 04/06/18 14:23 CSX put one on the ground in Jax, waiting on news update, no msg Author: calsubd as soon as they put out a statement I'll link it or someone else will
Ed Stewart Jacksonville, FL Date: 04/06/18 14:32 Re: CSX put one on the ground in Jax, waiting on news update, no Author: calsubd Looks like a 3 unit spine car set slid off the rail on a curve East of Mcduff ave. no apparent injuries, update later
Ed Stewart Jacksonville, FL Date: 04/06/18 18:59 Re: CSX put one on the ground in Jax, waiting on news update, no Author: calsubd Date: 04/06/18 20:05 Re: CSX put one on the ground in Jax, waiting on news update, no Author: Mojacket Stringlining strikes again...
Date: 04/08/18 16:13 Re: CSX put one on the ground in Jax, waiting on news update, no Author: CarNutandTrainNut2 Mojacket Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Stringlining strikes again... What does that mean? Date: 04/08/18 16:23 Re: CSX put one on the ground in Jax, waiting on news update, no Author: ctillnc Pulling hard on a string of cars with long wheelbases on a curve, with many tons of train behind the curve, will sometimes lift the cars off the curving rails and put them into a straight line. Press report says 5 locomotives and 151 cars.
Date: 04/08/18 18:50 Re: CSX put one on the ground in Jax, waiting on news update, no Author: engineerinvirginia Trains are getting so long that stringlining is getting pretty common. In places where I know it COULD happen I throttle off and limit the draft force....at the cost of speed...but I ain't 'splaining to no one how I managed to get 8 or nine of them sitting beside the track with broken draft gear.
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