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Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 11:20 pm
by Jochs
The curve through downtown Kalamazoo has gotten another train.
https://wwmt.com/news/local/train-cars- ... 93S3noGCis
Re: Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 11:35 pm
by Super Chief
Already posted on GDLK OPS.
Re: Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 11:42 pm
by Jochs
Super Chief wrote:Already posted on GDLK OPS.
This is a news story out of Michigan. After a day, the post in the GDLK will be buried in 41 pages of posts.
Re: Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2018 1:16 am
by MiddleMI
As it should be; after a day, there shouldn't be much to talk about as it concerns a derail like this. I'm all for keeping Grand Elk stuff in the Grand Elk thread.
Re: Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2018 7:51 am
by Ben Higdon
MiddleMI wrote:As it should be; after a day, there shouldn't be much to talk about as it concerns a derail like this. I'm all for keeping Grand Elk stuff in the Grand Elk thread.
How do you figure there'd be nothing to discuss after a day, "with a derailment like this"?
I don't look at the ops page as I don't want to look through endless pages of posts about the same trains passing the same mileposts every day.
Re: Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2018 12:33 pm
by NS3322
Re: Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2018 2:09 pm
by M.D.Bentley
Engineering problem or trains handling issues ?
Re: Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2018 3:56 pm
by Raildudes dad
Looks like string lining empties to me.
Re: Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2018 2:01 pm
by Hogger1225
Might be either string lining or make-up of the train. I've went around that curve hundreds of times during the PC-Conrail-NS days and never had any problems. Longest train I took around there was 150 empty multi-levels, 3 miles long.
Re: Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2018 6:29 pm
by M.D.Bentley
Re: Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2019 2:33 pm
by Hogger1225
Yeah, just 3 miles. Short by tody's standards!
