Romulus CSX Derailment

[David Collins]

Does anyone know what train the 596 was talking to? It sounded like they were talking to another train

[LansingRailFan]

Audio from the derailment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xKQOgpdCN0

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

[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.

[Chip]

That's a brand new crossing within the last 2-3 months too

[ns8401]

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.

[GP30M4216]

Good ol trip optimizer! Glad no one was hurt here.

[LansingRailFan]

Sounds like mid afternoon things should reopen as repairs are almost finished.

[Racer]

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.

[LansingRailFan]

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

[AARR]

Seems like they reopened it quickly

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.

[Chip]

Seems like they reopened it quickly

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.

[J T]

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