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International Railroad Discussion > Western Australia derailment todayDate: 11/05/18 06:38 Western Australia derailment today Author: Shakamaker Possibly the biggest derailment in the history of railroading
A 42000 tonne 2.8km train intentially derailed to avoid colliding with a preceding train
Date: 11/05/18 07:16 Re: Western Australia derailment today Author: tomstp Was this a remote controlled train? Or, was it a one man train with just the engineer operating it?
Date: 11/05/18 10:01 Re: Western Australia derailment today Author: PHall tomstp Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Was this a remote controlled train? Or, was it a > one man train with just the engineer operating it? Read the post. Date: 11/05/18 11:33 Re: Western Australia derailment today Author: TAW Sounds like the issue is more of one person crew rather than remote control.
TAW Date: 11/05/18 12:10 Re: Western Australia derailment today Author: trainjunkie TAW Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Sounds like the issue is more of one person crew > rather than remote control. ^^^THIS^^^ Date: 11/05/18 12:17 Re: Western Australia derailment today Author: exhaustED Need a photo - that's gotta be a big mess!
Date: 11/05/18 16:20 Re: Western Australia derailment today Author: tomstp PHAL, I did read it. They started out the remote control with one man riding along as safety thing in case something went wrong. But, in the case it sounded like the engineer was in charge and still something went wrong and neither of us know right now exactly what was the case.
Date: 11/05/18 16:22 Re: Western Australia derailment today Author: eminence_grise Reading some Australian comments about this issue, I note they have a device at locations where the trains are yarded which places the train brakes in emergency if there is any movement while the train is unattended. Whether it is simply a bumping post with an air hose connection, or whether it has telemetry to activate the train brakes electronically I don't know.
However, this event happened en route. Date: 11/05/18 16:49 Re: Western Australia derailment today Author: TAW tomstp Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > PHAL, I did read it. They started out the remote > control with one man riding along as safety thing > in case something went wrong. But, in the case > it sounded like the engineer was in charge and > still something went wrong and neither of us know > right now exactly what was the case. Related...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac-M%C3%A9gantic_rail_disaster TAW Date: 11/05/18 17:04 Re: Western Australia derailment today Author: Bob3985 Gee, 1.74 miles long. I wonder how many cars that was? Never mind I saw the newspaper article 268 cars long.
Bob Krieger Cheyenne, WY Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/05/18 17:05 by Bob3985. Date: 11/05/18 19:00 Re: Western Australia derailment today Author: PHall tomstp Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > PHAL, I did read it. They started out the remote > control with one man riding along as safety thing > in case something went wrong. But, in the case > it sounded like the engineer was in charge and > still something went wrong and neither of us know > right now exactly what was the case. Rio Tinto is the one with the remote controlled trains, this was BHP which still has the one person crews. All per the first post in this thread... Date: 11/05/18 23:48 Re: Western Australia derailment today Author: jmt Video
https://www.facebook.com/groups/105808956224305/permalink/1242463945892128/ Photos https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156991667913699&set=p.10156991667913699&type=3&theater&ifg=1 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156991667523699&set=p.10156991667523699&type=3&theater&ifg=1 There have been some equally bad pile ups on the Sishen–Saldanha line in south Africa, where train length was recently lengthened to 375 wagons https://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/look-transnet-runs-record-breaking-4km-long-production-train-17436692 Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/06/18 00:06 by jmt. Date: 11/06/18 10:28 Re: Western Australia derailment today Author: TAW jmt Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > There have been some equally bad pile ups on the > Sishen–Saldanha line in south Africa, where > train length was recently lengthened to 375 wagons > https://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/look-transnet-runs > -record-breaking-4km-long-production-train-1743669 > 2 I spent 20 months there working on that problem. Five years or so ago, they were having big smokin' train wrecks about weekly. TAW Date: 11/06/18 11:45 Re: Western Australia derailment today Author: DKay Some pics of the BHP wreck here......https://www.9news.com.au/2018/11/06/06/34/bhp-runaway-train-derailed-in-wa
Regards,dK Date: 11/06/18 13:45 Re: Western Australia derailment today Author: SP4360 Thanks for the link, don't do FacePlant.
DKay Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Some pics of the BHP wreck > here......https://www.9news.com.au/2018/11/06/06/3 > 4/bhp-runaway-train-derailed-in-wa > Regards,dK Date: 11/06/18 15:38 Re: Western Australia derailment today Author: pedrop I received these pic from friends that found them in the net.
Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 Date: 11/06/18 15:43 Re: Western Australia derailment today Author: pedrop A video explaining the derailment.
Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 You must be a registered subscriber to watch videos. Join Today! Date: 11/06/18 15:59 Re: Western Australia derailment today Author: DKay pedrop Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > A video explaining the derailment. Thanks Pedro.Looks like BHP will be in the market for some new power. Regards,dK Date: 11/06/18 16:22 Re: Western Australia derailment today Author: engrbill47 Now go pee in the cup...
William Jeffers, P.E. San Dimas, CA Date: 11/06/18 20:43 Re: Western Australia derailment today Author: MC6853 I thought BHP scrapped all of their AC6000s? There's one amid that wreckage...
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