Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.

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Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.

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The curve through downtown Kalamazoo has gotten another train.
https://wwmt.com/news/local/train-cars- ... 93S3noGCis
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Re: Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.

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Already posted on GDLK OPS.

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Re: Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.

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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.
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Re: Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.

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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.

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Re: Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.

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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.

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Re: Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.

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Ben Higdon wrote: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.
:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.

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Engineering problem or trains handling issues ?

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Re: Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.

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Looks like string lining empties to me.

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Re: Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.

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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.
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Re: Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.

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ONLY 3 MILES LONG ! :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Another Grand Elk Derailment in Kalamazoo.

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Yeah, just 3 miles. Short by tody's standards!
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