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Getting reports that Q-010 has derailed near Gary/Willow Creek Indiana. Both mains blocked...

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BATT 7 REPORTING 2 INJURIES TO THE CREW.ENGINEER WITH A BROKEN LEG. 3 AMBULANCES TO THE SCENE

Scooterb wrote:BATT 7 REPORTING 2 INJURIES TO THE CREW.ENGINEER WITH A BROKEN LEG. 3 AMBULANCES TO THE SCENE

Oh my, most ungood...

Thx for update.

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Where is Willow Creek?

East of Gary, Indiana....news reports have it in Gary, Indiana....edit made to reflect.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?sectio ... id=8612849

Huelsy'sTrainBlog wrote:Where is Willow Creek?

Thanks just saw that. That link said two engines collided any clue what the other train was or what?

April 8, 2012 (GARY, Ind.) (WLS) -- Fire officials in Gary say they are on the scene of a freight train derailment at Miller and Hobalt roads.

According to the Chicago Tribune, two eastbound train engines collided, and dozens of train cars were scattered off the tracks in the Miller neighborhood.

The Gary Fire Department Battalion tells the Tribune one person suffered a broken leg.

The cause of the derailment was not known Sunday morning.

http://g.co/maps/xf9qy roughly here according to new reports, Portage,In address
News alsso reports 2 train involved?

Looks to be just north of the South Shores Miller stop

I assume it must be near Doc Siding (South Shore interchange), where US 12 passes over CSX, just outside of Miller. That's where Miller Ave and Old Hobart Rd (not Hobalt ) are.
Looks like WGN has the spelling right:
http://www.wgntv.com/news/local/breakin ... 1498.story

Gary Fire Department Battalion Chief Donald Williamson said two engines traveling east collided with each other, apparently because of faulty switch gear, near Old Hobart Road and Miller Avenue.

From what I'm told.2500ft of main #1 is gone.possible reroute for grand rapids.

My source was in Garrett and said it was "about to hit the fan anyway", so posting was not going to make a difference either way.

Yes, sounds like someone made an oops! Red signals mean stop, but if Q010 was running on clears and CSS&SB fouled, kinda hard to stop without warning! Here goes the argument for PTC.

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Doktor No wrote:South Shore Freight backing a coal train into Miller siding when Q010 collided with it. "Lucy, you gots sum splainin to do!"
You guys are on top o' everything. I wanted to post at 9ish but the source I had means I shouldn't do it. But the cats outta the proverbial bag now.
Now well get a safety blitz telling us all about the red signal and what it means. OMG!

Unless the CSS&SB train fouled by mistake. I don't know, wasn't there...Q-010 could have been on clear blocks and had someone foul in front...again, don't know...also hearing of a "switch malfunction", so perhaps it was possible for there to be an error in hardware too.

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Doktor No wrote:Kinda hard to run a red and have the SWITCH into the siding lined at the same time for the SS and for Q010 to have a signal to proceed isn't it?
Two GRP crews DHing at 1100 for Chitown. One train out of Toledo, Q389, on the schedule for GRP right now also.
Might be an interesting eveining and Monday AM for some trains up here in the Mitten.

West olive is down for maintenance too.loads at wells grand junction and kirk should make for great train meet.

It sounds like the South Shore train derailed while being shoved and Q010 was unlucky enough to plow in to the mess.

Mainframe is wrong, photos prove it. CSS was backing into Miller Siding from the WEST like standard procedure. CSS empty coal train derailed or somehow fouled the main, Q010 came around the corner and hit them. It happened near the hand throw at the west end. No signals involved.

Doktor No wrote:Kinda hard to run a red and have the SWITCH into the siding lined at the same time for the SS and for Q010 to have a signal to proceed isn't it?
Two GRP crews DHing at 1100 for Chitown. One train out of Toledo, Q389, on the schedule for GRP right now also.
Might be an interesting eveining and Monday AM for some trains up here in the Mitten.

Q389 is a manifest, correct?

Yes

extra board wrote:West olive is down for maintenance too.loads at wells grand junction and kirk should make for great train meet.

Another coal train is heading east too, N903-08. Thru St Joe a little while ago. Is there a train at Kirk too? (or is that where N903-08 is going?) Yesterday afernoon, there were coal trains parked at Grand Jct and Wells, Gross was empty.

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extra board wrote:West olive is down for maintenance too.loads at wells grand junction and kirk should make for great train meet.

Another coal train is heading east too, N903-08. Thru St Joe a little while ago. Is there a train at Kirk too? (or is that where N903-08 is going?) Yesterday afernoon, there were coal trains parked at Grand Jct and Wells, Gross was empty.

Good thing they don't have CP trains anymore.....running out of places to park Coal Trains

q 167 = 071 once on NS at Berea
its waiting on 2 eb's then going west