Derailment in Douglas, GA, 2/7/22.

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Derailment in Douglas, GA, 2/7/22.

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A CSX train derailed in Douglas, GA today. According to what I've read on Facebook, it is Q025.
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/train- ... s-materals

The crew is expected to make a full recovery.
There may be some misinformation on this page.
https://www.facebook.com/Rostersheet/

One source I posted says no injuries, the other says the crew had emergency surgery.
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Re: Derailment in Douglas, GA, 2/7/22.

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There is speculation that it hit a truck causing it to derail, but I doubt it considering that it derailed mid train.
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Re: Derailment in Douglas, GA, 2/7/22.

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CSX Media Relations tells FOX 31 that just before 1 p.m., a CSX train struck an unoccupied semi-truck on the S. McDonald Avenue crossing, in Coffee County, derailing several intermodal cars and one locomotive.

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Re: Derailment in Douglas, GA, 2/7/22.

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David Collins wrote:
Mon Feb 07, 2022 9:09 pm
There is speculation that it hit a truck causing it to derail, but I doubt it considering that it derailed mid train.
It hit the truck which caused it to derail once it went over a switch down the line.

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Re: Derailment in Douglas, GA, 2/7/22.

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David Collins wrote:
Mon Feb 07, 2022 9:09 pm
There is speculation that it hit a truck causing it to derail, but I doubt it considering that it derailed mid train.
Mid train? If it derailed mid train the crew would probably not be injured and the lead locomotive would not have been face down in the dirt.

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Re: Derailment in Douglas, GA, 2/7/22.

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kd_1014 wrote:
Wed Feb 09, 2022 8:44 am
David Collins wrote:
Mon Feb 07, 2022 9:09 pm
There is speculation that it hit a truck causing it to derail, but I doubt it considering that it derailed mid train.
Mid train? If it derailed mid train the crew would probably not be injured and the lead locomotive would not have been face down in the dirt.
I didn’t know the front derailed until just now, my apologies.
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Re: Derailment in Douglas, GA, 2/7/22.

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David Collins wrote:
Mon Feb 07, 2022 9:09 pm
There is speculation that it hit a truck causing it to derail, but I doubt it considering that it derailed mid train.
Cab view of the accident
https://youtu.be/DpjMheO5q4Y

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Re: Derailment in Douglas, GA, 2/7/22.

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Micah_D wrote:
Thu Feb 10, 2022 8:49 pm
David Collins wrote:
Mon Feb 07, 2022 9:09 pm
There is speculation that it hit a truck causing it to derail, but I doubt it considering that it derailed mid train.
Cab view of the accident
https://youtu.be/DpjMheO5q4Y
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And obviously it derailed from the head end
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