Derailment west of Deshler

[StupidFlee​t]

According to farmer on TO, a coal train derailed at East Hamler, OH (old west end double track) this morning. According to him, the cause has been found and not track related.

[railohio]

So, uhh... what do you say we go to Swanton instead tonight?

[Y@]

details??

[StupidFlee​t]

details??

Shouldn't you be at school?

[railohio]

The train in question was T909; it derailed in the plant at East Hamler, one of the eastbound signals was knocked down. The head end of the train with about twenty cars was pulled down to County Road 8B. Hulcher and Corman were already on the scene removing the derailed cars which mostly stayed atop the right-of-way. I'll have photos posted this afternoon.

[redside20]

probably came through Columbus last night.

[esprrfan]

070= 5331-5394. between Waterloo and Goshen at 1245
071 westbound at Bryan 5483/7667
072= 5375-937-5385 coming into butler now at 1:15
076= 313-4773 back near Elkhart
All CSX power

[railohio]

I have photos from this morning posted on my blog at Railohio.com

For those who were wondering, Greg's avatar was not harmed in the making of this derailment.

[amtrakjackson]

As as an aside, nice avatar, DTI 407. That's one of the former BSCX Bethgons I used to see in coke service on the UBH trains from Pennsylania to Indiana

[MDH]

Here's another shot of the pileup as of 3-4 PM this afternoon - looks like they'll have it cleaned up tonight:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=276283

Regards,
Michael

[railohio]

There are trains barreling west through Fostoria already as we type...

[azimmer]

Looking at these photographs of the cleanup, it doesn't appear that any kind of specialized equipment for dealing with railroad cars or track is being used. Most of the machinery is just common earth-moving stuff, although there are also a few mechanized "jacks" for lifting cars.

Does this represent the state of the art? I would think that a lot of specialized equipment should have been designed to deal specifically with railroad accidents. Maybe specialized machinery would allow them to open the lines more quickly.

AZ

[MDH]

So did they really run around the power on Q381 and take it back East & then North?

Here's a couple shots of Q381 sitting at Hoytville:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=276289

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=276292

Regards,
Michael

[PAT.C]

Does this represent the state of the art? ...ARE YOU NEW TO RAILFANNING?
HERE IS SOME INFO ON TWO OF THE BIG BOYS IN THE CLEANING BIZ.


HERE'S SOME PICS OF R J CORMAN AT A SMALL DERAILMENT IN GRAND LEDGE,MI..http://railroadfan.com/gallery/thumbnai ... 332&page=1
HERE'S CORMAN'S SITE...
http://www.rjcorman.com/index.htm
HULCHER'S SITE...
http://www.hulcher.com/index.html
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[JDavis21835]

Looking at these photographs of the cleanup, it doesn't appear that any kind of specialized equipment for dealing with railroad cars or track is being used. Most of the machinery is just common earth-moving stuff, although there are also a few mechanized "jacks" for lifting cars.

Does this represent the state of the art? I would think that a lot of specialized equipment should have been designed to deal specifically with railroad accidents. Maybe specialized machinery would allow them to open the lines more quickly.

AZ

If you look in the picture here http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=276283 you see a side boom behind the excavator on the track, and one behind railcar on the left. Sidebooms are a pretty specialized machines. Only used in laying of gas and petroleum lines, and in railroad wrecks

[CSX_CO]

In a derailment such as this, the railroad doesn't care about re-railing the cars. They just want them in the ditch, they want the panel track laid down, tamped, and trains moving again. The extra effort to rerail those cars isn't worth the delay and added costs to the 40 or 50 trains a day that traverse that line. Use a bulldozer to get them off the ROW, and let the claims adjusters haggle with the car owners.

Practice Safe CSX

[Y@]

Where would we be without you Dok? Thanks for updating us on the cause.