Eastern Railroad Discussion > Major NS derailment Amherst, Ohio

Hello all,

Just got word from one of the groups I'm in on Facebook that NS 310 has derailed more than 10 cars in Amherst, Ohio.

21Z might run via Fostoria however if you are out be careful.

Expect reroutes on traffic. 24M was rerouted via Bellevue to Youngstown Line.

Michael Fair
Royal Oak, MI



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/20 11:31 by bath_wildcat.

News break!
https://www.newsbreak.com/ohio/amherst/news/2116385899447/multiple-fire-departments-called-to-reported-train-derailment

First blurb in Cleveland news.
https://fox8.com/news/train-derailment-involving-10-cars-in-amherst/

Here is Amherst's most famous wreck.
https://www.morningjournal.com/news/lorain-county/great-1916-train-wreck-put-amherst-on-the-map/article_33df3848-e0a0-11e9-a876-9743285cfc02.html

Updates!
https://www.newsbreak.com/ohio/amherst/news/2116413677142/multiple-fire-departments-called-to-reported-train-derailment-in-amherst

310 derailed again? Seems to me like it's more newsworthy when it actually makes it to Binghamton in one piece without issue...

Ten cars of grain is major? It'll be cleaned up and reopened in 12 hours...

The birds will have a feast for a while!

Retired_Chief Wrote:
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> Ten cars of grain is major? It'll be cleaned up
> and reopened in 12 hours...


From the group it was major, as someone said. I just passed on the info I had.

Michael Fair
Royal Oak, MI

bath_wildcat Wrote:
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One way to get people to read a thread, no matter the source, use major in the title. If it were say 30 - 35 or more cars, that would be a major derailment.  

MC6853 Wrote:
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> 310 derailed again? Seems to me like it's more
> newsworthy when it actually makes it to Binghamton
> in one piece without issue...

This is good... you should win TO for the day.

Good news is it looks like the signal bungalow and PTC antenna were spared - maybe just one home signal and track damage as casualties for NS.

Shouldn't take too long to shove the wreck aside and get track back in place.

The weather in much of Ohio is pretty nasty.

These crews deserve a lot of credit for getting the clearing job done.

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Retired_Chief Wrote:
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> Ten cars of grain is major? It'll be cleaned up
> and reopened in 12 hours...

Highly unlikely. 24 at the earliest. Closer to 36 more than likely. Lots of finger pointing needs to be done first.

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EL-SD45-3632 Wrote:
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> the source, use major in the title. If it were say
> 30 - 35 or more cars, that would be a major
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Consider the original source (Faceplant, not you Mike). Some of these FB groups spew more foam than a rabid raccoon.

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Doug Wetherhold
Macungie, PA

With 6-8 inches of wet/thick snow, two mains blocked and Hulcher and Corman all over the place I don’t think it’s out of the realm of major. Especially since this line is pretty busy.

The guy is passing on rail related info so let’s shot him down right away...typical TO. Thanks Mike, appreciate the post.

This happened at the CP and the mid train DPU is about 6 cars ahead of the pileup.

Broken rail? Bad wheel? Pick the switch?

For Amherst, this is pretty major.

Dave-
Amherst, Oh

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/20 17:00 by NKP-PRR.

Thus far 21E and 21J are running via Mansfield, Ohio.

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      One should realize if the wreck is not really all that much, one can remove the word 'major' and use something lesser or nothing at all. Then as some say, if its in a really busy place, one can choose to use the word  'major' on the clean up. Mainly too many haven't the sense to know when and everything these days has to be jacked up into horrendous at least. Could have just said they had a derailment, no not enough fright in that.      Bring on the tabloid writers to get things in a frenzy.

Detours on the former NKP so far include 24M, 294, 25Z, 20K.

halfmoonharold Wrote:
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> Detours on the former NKP so far include 24M, 294,
> 25Z, 20K.

All through the newer connecting track at Vermilion?
 

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> just passed on the info I had.

Mike,  Thanks for bringing this incident to our attention.  Just check it out before you believe some group claims major on the net.  I had a boring day of monitoring high school kids doing online testing and was checking the Cleveland media frequently after your post.  Took them a while but they eventually reported it.  Seems like the snow today (really, snow in Cleveland? )  was the main focus of the local media.
Steve B.

The NKP detours are making a zigzag move in Cleveland. Vermilion to Cloggsville, then over to Rockport and out to the Chicago Line at Max (or reverse). Yard jobs are assisting. In the past the Youngstown Line was used for these kind of moves.