Eastern Railroad Discussion > NS derails several cars, west end of Rockville bridge

pennlive.com has story and a bad pic, appears to be empty centerbeam flat cars.

psYou think N.S. would learn with center beam cars no facebook looks like 3 center beans and 2 empty coil cars



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/23/20 13:11 by prr4400.

Maybe PSR can eliminate all curves next. Problem solved!

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Train 11Z from Binghamton, NY to Enola.....114X50, 15,800+ tons

Here are pics (1 of 3)



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Did the coil car covers end up down the bank?

Extra attraction and excitement for Bridgeview B&B patrons, if anyone is there beside Keith...

sscannella Wrote:
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> Train 11Z from Binghamton, NY to Enola.....114X50,
> 15,800+ tons
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> Here are pics (1 of 3)

Thanks for quickly posting an excellent set of images.

Thank you for sharing. Any idea where the doublestack cars (in the third picture) originated? I did not realize there was any intermodal handled on the Buffalo Line.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/23/20 13:51 by PRR_4859.

Sharp curve, empty cars. This curve has had its share of stringlines 

PRR_4859 Wrote:
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> Thank you for sharing. Any idea where the
> doublestack cars (in the third picture)
> originated? I did not realize there was any
> intermodal handled on the Buffalo Line.

They look like the trash containers now being loaded at the old auto yard in Ayer, MA.

Both NS and CSX are having stringline events....PSR does not allow for proper car placement. Way too much tonnage behind empty flats.

OHRY Wrote:
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> Maybe PSR can eliminate all curves next. Problem
> solved!
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> Posted from Android

Lol...

Another derailment that could have been prevented..??!!

This isn't rocket science. Anyone ever derail their model trains?? The general principles involved are similar...

engineerinvirginia Wrote:
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> Both NS and CSX are having stringline
> events....PSR does not allow for proper car
> placement. Way too much tonnage behind empty
> flats.

Can anyone tell us how close to the head end the derailed cars were?

engineerinvirginia Wrote:
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> Both NS and CSX are having stringline
> events....PSR does not allow for proper car
> placement. Way too much tonnage behind empty
> flats.
This has been discussed before.  These so called "Intelligent" people running the railroads today lack good common sense.  They will try all kinds of impractical tricks to try to save money.  This PSR is coming back and biting them in the A___.  In the bygone days of railroading, empty flat cars along with other lighter empty cars were never placed up in the front of a long heavy train.  These Bozos will never learn.
John in White Marsh, Maryland

I assumed at first that the train involved would be 35A which has grown to be a monster some days, and I believe derailed twice on Horseshoe this year.

Thanks for the quick photos!

Dan

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/23/20 15:47 by dschlegel.

That was 35A.

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ns1000 Wrote:
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> That was 35A.
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Yup, I need to correct that!!

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Richard Anderson (yea, the guy u all hate), was agast at the industry's cavalier attitude toward accidents... like it is an acceptable or unavoidable part of doing business.  Or else the RR's  just consider it cheaper to have accidents than to fix the issues.   Im shaking my head...