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[quote=chapmaja post_id=512033 time=<a href="tel:1675665108">1675665108</a> user_id=767] Just wondering out loud. Where is the nearest hot box detector to where this accident happened? [/quote] East Palestine is a detector site at MP 49.8. The nearest DD east is at MP 39.8 and the nearest west is at...

Got a message from a friend back home (we’re in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee for spring break) that a truck got out in front of Amtrak and failed to clear the crossing, getting whacked by P3771 at/near 64th street west of Hudsonville. No injuries were reported, but have no other details about it yet...ma...

I do not think that the government would allow UP and CSX to merge. That would be a huge monopoly. Ahhh....no it wouldn't be, as there are 2 more class 1"s, which, if they also merged, would create a DUOPOLY, not a monopoly. There would still be competition, as the 2 (sets of) mergers (BNSF+NS/UP+C...

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Fri Sep 11, 2020 11:52 am

That's insane. Wonder what caused the fire since the area didn't look burnt

A "gender reveal" party?!

-barny

23 ft. Baja hit the bridge. AT SPEED. Drugs, Alcohol and Speed were said to be factors...also enter STUPID into the equation... ...blind....you could also add blind.....cause how do you miss THAT big an obstacle?! (I've owned a 27' Sea-Ray Sundancer at South Haven, so I know just enough about boati...

Update from a friend that works at Campbell. The SW1200 and slug are broken and they haven't fixed them because they hate using them. The 2 axle engines don't see much use because they also hate using them. They currently dump all of the trains with their 110 Ton GE Switcher. I was driving right by...

No, I was struck by an autorack on a shoving move. Ahh, ok, so it's not the same situation as someone walking along the tracks while a locomotive approaches them with the horn blaring. Got it. I recall the old hats from 20+ yrs ago, telling us to always remember..."if you're on the wood, you're no ...

There weren't any trackage rights, but haulage rights existed on the PM, via Grand Rapids. This is evident, due to the fact that CSX crews being used to move the trains between Detroit and Chicago, not CP's crews. When CP approached CSX about running their trains on the PM (due to a bridge being out...

SD80MAC wrote:Done deal. LSRC and CSX will have the Essexville coal through the end of the life of the plant, another 2 or 3 years IIRC. Supposed to switch over from CN/HESR very soon.

Do you, or your sources, know if these trains will go thru G.R., via the West Olive crews, again?

trainjunkie47 wrote:Police report alcohol was involved in the crash.

On related news....At market close, Miller Lite tumbled, trending downwards about 4.2%...

heard the same thing from the Amtrak engineer school in Wilmington (twice in 8 years---but who's counting :roll: ).....our people get nervous when the tanks on the P42s' show less than 500 gallons....occasionally will get a hiccup :shock: ....knowing that can't be good on the engine Ahh, yes....I r...

I am not really sure who told you that one, but that cant be further from the truth. Injectors are a common wear item, and top out around 200$ each. - He who has run plenty of large engines out of fuel, taken the diesel bath getting the fuel back, and never once had to replace injectors because of ...

It is a tad more complicated then just filling up the ol' fuel tank and starting a unit if it goes empty. You have to disassemble the fuel filters and fill those again and prime the pumps....at least that was the practice some years back..... Something to add to Doc's assessment & experiences...The...

If you're going by boat to Toledo like you describe, why wouldn't you just go by boat all the way to Chicago? Or am I missing something? Remember, you're in Michigan (pronounced M-i-t-t-e-n) and in wintertime, the norther portion of the lakes would often freeze over completely, as was common during...

Call Clutch at the lumber company on Fruit Ridge..."Is this your car?" "Why yes, yes it is." So just take it up and give it to GRE...easy enough. Who finally got paid? Not my problem. Customer gets their product, that's my problem...and its fun to screw around with J-ville who told me "you can't do...

I've been railfanning around Fuller Jct, or Ann St. as you would call it in Grand Rapids, Michigan, near Walker, MI for a few years now. Having the Grand Rapids Eastern cross CSX right after their yard, they have to have some sort of signals. The signals are a double-headed US&S searchlight signal....

An Amtrak train from Port Huron hit a loaded steel-coil flatbed truck yesterday around 12:45. Was told by dispatcher to approach the Clark rd. crossing at restricted speed and he didn't specify why, which is unusual. As we passed under the CN bridge at Pine, we saw numerous flashing lights (mostly y...

.... Maybe when they are at it they can replace the cross-buck that has been missing at Beverly Ave since May! :lol: The cross-buck is the responsibility of the state to replace/repair, not CSX...they must decide when they'r going to replace it, as there are, obviously, no electrical circuits invol...

This is the first I heard of the accident. Wonder what happened? I know they've been working on this segment to build it up. Look at the first picture. It appeared the rail snapped. This could be the case since most, if not all of the Middleton Branch has rail lighter than 100 lbs. I suspect harmon...

Not only did they run through a derail, they did so at a significant enough speed to flip the locomotive and derail several cars before it was all over. Someone wasn't doing their required lookin'. ....must have overrun their intended route in this pass, as the switch was not lined for the move.......