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International Railroad Discussion > Derailment of Rumo grain train (Brazil)Date: 04/15/21 17:43 Derailment of Rumo grain train (Brazil) Author: pedrop Hi, an empty grain train derailed today morning in Ortigueira, PR inbthe South. The first conclusion refer to a damage of a spring key seen in one of the pictures below. Pictures received from friends.
1 - 3) One of the last GE ES43BBi produced found a key not totally closed when entering a siding; Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG,    Date: 04/15/21 17:47 Re: Derailment of Rumo grain train (Brazil) Author: pedrop 4) The damaged key;
5 - 6) More views of the wreck. Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1    Date: 04/15/21 17:49 Re: Derailment of Rumo grain train (Brazil) Author: pedrop 7 - 9) More views.
Pedro Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1    Date: 04/16/21 03:01 Re: Derailment of Rumo grain train (Brazil) Author: hoggerdoug Quite a mess. Is the crew okay ??? Must have been travelling fast to pile up like that.
Doug Date: 04/16/21 08:27 Re: Derailment of Rumo grain train (Brazil) Author: tomstp In the last picture , the axel with blue paint on it appears to be broken. Is that correct?
Date: 04/16/21 08:29 Re: Derailment of Rumo grain train (Brazil) Author: pedrop Yes, it is broken. I violent wreck for sure.
tomstp Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In the last picture , the axel with blue paint on > it appears to be broken. Is that correct? Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 Date: 04/16/21 08:34 Re: Derailment of Rumo grain train (Brazil) Author: pedrop The news say the engineer is ok, just a big scare.
hoggerdoug Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Quite a mess. Is the crew okay ??? Must have > been travelling fast to pile up like that. > Doug Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 Date: 04/17/21 06:23 Re: Derailment of Rumo grain train (Brazil) Author: CM80-46 Is the clean up by contractor with side boom dozers ?
Date: 04/17/21 09:08 Re: Derailment of Rumo grain train (Brazil) Author: pedrop Rumo. VLI and Vale use cranes, excavators and front loaders to clean up the site.
CM80-46 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is the clean up by contractor with side boom > dozers ? Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/17/21 09:10 by pedrop. Date: 04/17/21 16:02 Re: Derailment of Rumo grain train (Brazil) Author: dcfbalcoS1 Pileups like this can happen at 25-30 mph. High speed is not always a factor, soft road bed, old ties, lots of mass running in before brakes go into emergengy and even after.
Date: 04/17/21 16:57 Re: Derailment of Rumo grain train (Brazil) Author: ts1457 Meter gauge, right?
Looks like the heavy equipment and lading makes a mess when a derailment gets started. Date: 04/17/21 17:35 Re: Derailment of Rumo grain train (Brazil) Author: pedrop Yes, note the BB+BB trucks. These GE ES43BBi weights 196 tons like the EMD SD70ACe-BB. A GE BB40-9WM weights 160 tons.
ts1457 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Meter gauge, right? > > Looks like the heavy equipment and lading makes a > mess when a derailment gets started. > > Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 Date: 04/18/21 16:10 Re: Derailment of Rumo grain train (Brazil) Author: Ritzville Sorry to see such a messy derailment. Sure glad crew was not hurt!
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