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Reed Yard Wide Gage Derailment February 2001
This was a minor derailment in a Class 1 Yard. Wide gage happens everywhere, even on the big railroads. This one took place on the lead in Norfolk Southern Reed Yard with an I&O local crew. After rerailing the cars, it was clear that the tie plates were moving out almost an inch under load. […]
Truck Stuck on Carrel Street Crossing
Well, not everything the railroad has to put up with is a derailment blocking the track. Sometimes it is an individual not using all of the brain cells they have been provided. Below you see a semi transporting high-end luxury cars high leveled on a crossing. Fortunately train speed on this track was only 10mph, […]
Reading Ohio Derailment January 2001
Here is an example of what happens when a tank car goes down two different tracks at the same time in a customer’s facility. This happened to an I&O local crew working the Oasis Line customers in Reading, Ohio. Even a minor derailment like this is a concern due to the cars containing hazardous materials […]
Labor Day 2000 Winton Place Derailment
Well, this was a day that I was supposed to be off and I was actually going to get to sleep in! Well, the phone rang early that morning because our crew was involved in a derailment just outside of CSX Queensgate Yard in Cincinnati, Ohio. In this area there are 3 main line. CSX […]