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Re: Romulus CSX Derailment
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2022 7:05 pm
by David Collins
Does anyone know what train the 596 was talking to? It sounded like they were talking to another train
Re: Romulus CSX Derailment
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:13 pm
by LansingRailFan
Chip wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 1:16 pm
Sounds like it could have been a bad patch of rail, at least that's what the engineer suspects. I take it there was no power on the ground, just cars?
Yeah. The rear 10 or so cars I think
Re: Romulus CSX Derailment
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:28 pm
by Ypsi
Crossing the tracks at Northline Road you could see where a car(s) had been dragging on the ties between the rails. By about 2pm it seemed to be that the cars were somewhat organized or clear the mainline. I did not notice damage north of Northline Road, but I was crossing the road and driving so thats not to say they were not on the ground sooner.
Re: Romulus CSX Derailment
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:34 pm
by Chip
That's a brand new crossing within the last 2-3 months too
Re: Romulus CSX Derailment
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2022 11:12 pm
by ns8401
Eric Berger wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 1:03 pm
ns8401 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 12:01 pm
Saturnalia wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 11:40 am
Not saying it wasn’t track, but “ugly is not a defect” and trains can handle a good deal of bad surface before anything gets remotely close to happening.
Most often things are fixed well before they’re close to being a safety or speed issue because deterioration is much more of an exponential decay than a linear decline, so it’s usually far easier to just fix it up before it goes to heck in a hurry.
It’ll be interesting to find out - sounds like it may have been on the ground for awhile?
If it’s from the diamond area that’s nearly 2 miles.
I'm thinking from the Romulus diamond to Sibley Road is closer to four miles.
Though, if you're talking Eureka to either Sibley or the diamond, then that is about two miles.
I was thinking Eureka, Sibley is the next signal south so that should be right about 4. Head end stopped at 96.7 according to the audio. The diamond is 94. They were 5800 feet and 14,000 tons. So some back of the envelope math says they were 1.5 miles south of the diamond at the rear.
Re: Romulus CSX Derailment
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2022 12:05 am
by GP30M4216
Good ol trip optimizer! Glad no one was hurt here.
Re: Romulus CSX Derailment
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2022 10:21 am
by LansingRailFan
Sounds like mid afternoon things should reopen as repairs are almost finished.
Re: Romulus CSX Derailment
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2022 4:12 pm
by Racer
LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 10:21 am
Sounds like mid afternoon things should reopen as repairs are almost finished.
It’s back open. Q510/511, Q151, and D736 are amongst some of the first trains that have been through this afternoon.
Re: Romulus CSX Derailment
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2022 5:07 pm
by LansingRailFan
Racer wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 4:12 pm
LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 10:21 am
Sounds like mid afternoon things should reopen as repairs are almost finished.
It’s back open. Q510/511, Q151, and D736 are amongst some of the first trains that have been through this afternoon.
Praise be
Re: Romulus CSX Derailment
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2022 5:54 pm
by AARR
Seems like they reopened it quickly
Racer wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 4:12 pm
LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 10:21 am
Sounds like mid afternoon things should reopen as repairs are almost finished.
It’s back open. Q510/511, Q151, and D736 are amongst some of the first trains that have been through this afternoon.
Re: Romulus CSX Derailment
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2022 5:56 pm
by Chip
AARR wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 5:54 pm
Seems like they reopened it quickly
Racer wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 4:12 pm
LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 10:21 am
Sounds like mid afternoon things should reopen as repairs are almost finished.
It’s back open. Q510/511, Q151, and D736 are amongst some of the first trains that have been through this afternoon.
Fire department said 20 to 30 hours for cleanup. At least it wasn't a hazmat situation, it would have been a lot longer.
Re: Romulus CSX Derailment
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2022 12:53 pm
by J T
LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 5:07 pm
Racer wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 4:12 pm
LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 10:21 am
Sounds like mid afternoon things should reopen as repairs are almost finished.
It’s back open. Q510/511, Q151, and D736 are amongst some of the first trains that have been through this afternoon.
Praise be
"Hallelujah!"
- Kenneth Copeland