Train Wreck

Janicholson · Nov 7, 2018

Iron used to make tractors. Australian Iron Ore train ran away for 50 plus miles and was intentionally derailed. Jim
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Janicholson · Nov 7, 2018

There is so much rust in the images that Sweetfeet should not look! Jim

coshoo · Nov 7, 2018

Yeah, even the cargo is rusty!

ohiojim · Nov 7, 2018

that must have been one impressive train when it was all together.

Dean · Nov 7, 2018

Aren't you supposed to put it in Park before getting out?

Dean

The Famous Grouse · Nov 7, 2018

(quoted from post at 12:24:35 11/07/18) Aren't you supposed to put it in Park before getting out?

Dean

Sure, now you come up with all kinds of crazy, outside the box solutions. Where were you when the poor guy got out of the engine to inspect the train?

Grouse

Bob in SD · Nov 7, 2018

Saw the title and hustled to read it before this political sounding thread was poofed.

used red MN · Nov 7, 2018

And..place wheel chocks! 268x8 = 2,144 Lol! Didn?t read the story hope nobody was hurt.

47fivewindow · Nov 7, 2018

Do CSX trains still carry a fireman? It seems to me that two men in a train that valuable would be money well spent.

37chief · Nov 7, 2018

Just a thought here. If he jumped on between two cars, and disconnected an air hose, would the train have applied the brakes because of lack of air? Stan

wjytexas · Nov 7, 2018

Back when I was still on my "day" job we were going to Sat. evening Mass. There was a huge black plume rising to the North. I told my wife my pager was about to go off. It did and I took them home and headed to a large derailment of numerous cars of hazardous materials. A local switcher was delivering cars to several industries' sidings and instead of setting the air brakes on the cars still on the main line they disconnected to deliver the specific cars thinking the grade was flat. It wasn't. The cars left on the track started rolling and were estimated to be going 90 mph when they went uncontrolled thru Round Rock TX. Luckily they derailed in a semi rural area and only a few hundred folks were evacuated. It burned for several days.

gtractorfan · Nov 7, 2018

As I understand locomotives in the U.S.A. automatically stop if there is no activity such as speed adjustments or horn by the engineer in a certain amount of time.

Dave H (MI) · Nov 7, 2018

Phew...thought this was going to be a commentary on my 2018 crop.

RedGreenGuy · Nov 7, 2018

Yes, within every 60 SECOND WINDOW engineer must push reset button or move throttle or ring bell or blow whistle or apply either locomotive or car brakes. Failure to do at least one of these tasks results in whats called a "penalty brake application". Locomotives drop to idle and full service brake application is automatically applied. Can not be corrected until train comes to full stop.

RedGreenGuy · Nov 7, 2018

Very dangerous at walking speed. Train was traveling 90 kilometers or nearly 56mph.

john *.?-!.* cub owner · Nov 7, 2018

I saw the results of a similar happening not far from my home several years ago. It was a spur line that had been built about 10 years before that served an iron mine. The tracks were about ground level, and we had received a lot of rain, and I suspect the road bed had not be built up properly. The train normally ran 20 to 25 mph, and usually consisted of 90 to 100 cars and was pulled by 5 or 6 engines was running loaded. The engines and the first 10 or 15 cars made it through, but the tracks sank into the mud, and the next 40 or so cars looked like the ones in the picture.

DoubleO7 · Nov 7, 2018

I see AU is just as bad as any other national agency investigating an "accident".
Likely to be an "answer" from the investigating agency maybe next May........or June.........or July.

The operator did not do something right, he is still alive so ASK HIM what he did not do.

There, done.

He got of the engine to check a car.
More like he stopped the train to get some brewski or nookie.

Tramway Guy · Nov 7, 2018

My next door neighbor (now retired) worked for a company here in Northern New York that makes brakes for railcars and locomotives. He made several trips to Western Australia to rectify problems with the brakes they supplied to the railcar manufacturer. They wore out much faster than they should have.
They found out that the cars were WAY overloaded. End of warranty.
I believe he said it was for an iron ore train.

moresmoke · Nov 7, 2018

No, train brakes do not work like truck brakes. They are air applied. They can be charged and left as parking brakes for as long as the air holds, but will eventually bleed off. The brakes have to be manually set by hand to hold long term with no air.

jeffcat · Nov 7, 2018

What a huge pile of scrap that is going to be. Notice from the drone photos how neatly the train cars accordioned. Wonder if that is loose iron ore,could be Taconic concentrated. Still going to be a heck of a mess. Iron ore like that is not magnetic. You need a really powerful electromagnet to pickup just a little. Bucket loader time.

shinnery · Nov 7, 2018

Akronyms, eventually figured out WA was Western Australia, still no idea who or what BHP is.

Dr. Walt · Nov 8, 2018

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