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History of Railroad Safety - Spotlight on current derailments
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[QUOTE="Astronuc, post: 6869861, member: 15685"] A UP train carrying iron ore derails, catches fire in San Bernardino; hazmat crew responding - Monday morning at approximately 0830 local time. [URL]https://news.yahoo.com/train-no-passengers-derails-san-181822173.html[/URL] Two locomotives and 55 freight cars derailed, and one unverified source indicated the train was a runaway and traveling at 80 mph, which is well beyond the maximum speed limit of 60 mph on the best track. I would expect the max speed for such a train is 50 mph. Waiting for more details. Edit/update: Apparently UP confirmed the train was a runaway (without crew onboard)! If it only had 2 locomotives, it was severely under-powered to hold back 120+ ore cars. Meanwhile, on Sunday, a CP train derailed in North Dakota spilling some liquid asphalt. [URL]https://www.yahoo.com/news/70-car-train-derails-north-144146249.html[/URL] Another CP train near to Chicago also derailed. A video capture the derailment as it happened. An empty centerbeam flat car got lifted by buffing forces while the train stopped, and the trailing truck hopped of the rails. Then the train moved forward, the flat car tilted, which caused a following grain hopper to derail. I'm disappointed that the person taking the video didn't try to warn the train/locomotive crew. [URL]https://www.yahoo.com/news/canadian-pacific-freight-train-derails-160105312.html[/URL]Edit/update: In South Dakota, they are concerned about rail traffic moving through the state. [URL]https://www.yahoo.com/news/secret-shipments-11-billion-pounds-101113193.html[/URL] 'Secret' is not accurate. They just don't discuss in public what chemicals are being shipped at any give time; they don't want to become a target. Tank cars are have placards that indicate the lading, and some cars are dedicated to a particular commodity, e.g., anhydrous ammonia, LPG, ethylene oxide, vinyl chloride, raw petroleum, . . . . The article does cite some derailments of concern. Missing bolts should not happen. Such an occurrence indicates a failure of the track maintenance program and lack of oversight. The idea is to prevent derailments and release/loss of hazardous material. [/QUOTE]
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