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Oct 06, 2015 23:20 |  #2986

Inspeqtor wrote in post #17735983 (external link)
Thank you! Very interesting pictures. I would really have enjoyed being able to see the action if that happened near my home.

I am going to show my ignorance here... what is a " 12,000' " train?


The train itself was 12,000 feet long. Or 3.65 kms, or 2.27 miles long. A very long train for this area. Even being out in the country, they ended up blocking several crossings for a long time while they dealt with the problems.

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Oct 06, 2015 23:26 |  #2987

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There was a little chaos around here yesterday. A 12,000' train broke down 25 kms after leaving the yard. In all it took a few hours to get the train moved to the siding where they could drop the broken boxcar, reconnect the train, sort out additional brake problems, figure out how to maneuver all the trains around each other, and get on their way. I took some pictures of the damage and repairs.





Yikes! Nice capture of the accident.

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Oct 06, 2015 23:33 |  #2988

f1.4bthere wrote in post #17735991 (external link)
Yikes! Nice capture of the accident.

Thanks! It's pretty easy to get pictures when the boxcar is parked in front of my house. I was out talking to the repair crew this morning.

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Oct 07, 2015 01:18 |  #2989

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Inspeqtor wrote in post #17735983 (external link)
Thank you! Very interesting pictures. I would really have enjoyed being able to see the action if that happened near my home.

I am going to show my ignorance here... what is a " 12,000' " train?


The train itself was 12,000 feet long. Or 3.65 kms, or 2.27 miles long. A very long train for this area. Even being out in the country, they ended up blocking several crossings for a long time while they dealt with the problems.

Thank you :-)

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Oct 07, 2015 07:31 |  #2990

Jill-of-all-Trades wrote in post #17735988 (external link)
The train itself was 12,000 feet long. Or 3.65 kms, or 2.27 miles long. A very long train for this area. Even being out in the country, they ended up blocking several crossings for a long time while they dealt with the problems.

What a freaking nightmare that must have been.

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Oct 08, 2015 12:19 |  #2991

Jill-of-all-Trades wrote in post #17735958 (external link)
There was a little chaos around here yesterday. A 12,000' train broke down 25 kms after leaving the yard. In all it took a few hours to get the train moved to the siding where they could drop the broken boxcar, reconnect the train, sort out additional brake problems, figure out how to maneuver all the trains around each other, and get on their way. I took some pictures of the damage and repairs.






something happened to cause the coupler wedge to shift. thats the cross piece (you can see the end of how it tore the draft gear)...

its neat that you were right there...

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Oct 08, 2015 16:21 |  #2992

Ltdave wrote in post #17737768 (external link)
something happened to cause the coupler wedge to shift. thats the cross piece (you can see the end of how it tore the draft gear)...

its neat that you were right there...

The crew said that the retainer let go.

It's easy enough to be right there, the car was parked in front of my house till today. My front porch is 90 metres from the tracks.

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Oct 19, 2015 22:59 |  #2993

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Oct 19, 2015 23:04 |  #2994

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Awesome! Nice splash of colors.

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Oct 21, 2015 13:28 as a reply to  @ f1.4bthere's post |  #2995

A rather too clean loco !!

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Oct 26, 2015 11:26 |  #2998

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Nice to see pre merger paint.

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Oct 26, 2015 11:44 as a reply to  @ artyman's post |  #2999

Artyman ,
Don't think I have ever seen this type before . Info ?




  
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Oct 29, 2015 15:00 |  #3000

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Artyman ,
Don't think I have ever seen this type before . Info ?

This is a sister to the famous Mallard which achieved 25.88 mph 3 July 1938 on the UK East Coast Mainline between Edinburgh and London https://en.wikipedia.o​rg …NER_Class_A4_44​68_Mallard (external link)

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