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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>It is not earth shaking news on a national scale, but a loaded eastbound BNSF coal train just derailed in Wayzata, MN.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There are lots of buildings right along the track through town.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Apparently the wreck missed the buildings, but not by much.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>According to this report, a torn up rail did penetrate one of the office buildings.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The place is a beehive of activity with police blocking several roads and the train strung out through the whole town.</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>One of the news reporters stated something that I am curious about.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The train was 123 cars long with distributed power.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The reporter stated that when the derailment began, the engine on the hind end kept shoving, and that is what jackknifed the derailed cars.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I would not expect a reporter to come up with that analysis on his own, so I assume that he was told that by someone there from BNSF.</FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>That kind of effect does seem plausible, considering that the first cars to derail were pulled several hundred feet and remained upright and generally in line with the track.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But wouldn’t the locomotive on the hind end stopped shoving as soon as the brakes went into emergency?</FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva><FONT size=2>I would think that the DP unit did not shove the cars into a jackknife, but rather, they just jackknifed as the momentum of the trailing section of the train dissipated.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <o:p></o:p> </FONT> <P mce_keep="true"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><A href="http://kstp.com/news/stories/S1631781.shtml?cat=1" mce_href="http://kstp.com/news/stories/S1631781.shtml?cat=1"><FONT face=verdana,geneva color=#800080 size=2>http://kstp.com/news/stories/S1631781.shtml?cat=1</FONT></A></SPAN></P>
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