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North Carolina CSX Derailment

Unread postby trnwatcher » Mon Sep 17, 2018 3:44 pm

Found this on Facebook today. Nice video of the CSX derailment near Cary NC over the weekend. Looks like new NREX unit(s) was involved.

https://www.facebook.com/KRON4/videos/2179714312351428/
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Re: North Carolina CSX Derailment

Unread postby hoborich » Mon Sep 17, 2018 11:13 pm

Given all the rain and flooding, why didn't they send a hi rail truck ahead of the train to check the tracks and the area?
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Re: North Carolina CSX Derailment

Unread postby Schteinkuh » Mon Sep 17, 2018 11:25 pm

hoborich wrote:Given all the rain and flooding, why didn't they send a hi rail truck ahead of the train to check the tracks and the area?

I'm no expert, but they should have if they didn't. That *should* be a preventable accident. If the washout happened shortly after inspection that's one thing, but if they just sent a train through there at track speed, people need to be fired. No crew deserves to be put in a dangerous situation like that.
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