CSSHEGEWISCH The NTSB doesn't investigate every accident. Since there aren't any fatalities and no hazmat issues, this incident may not see any NTSB investigators.
The NTSB doesn't investigate every accident. Since there aren't any fatalities and no hazmat issues, this incident may not see any NTSB investigators.
That BNSF head-on collision at the Kismet, CA siding (north of Madera, CA) back in June 2006 did not have a NTSB investigation. There were major injuries but no fatalities.
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greyhounds Is Amarillo a crew change point? If it is, then how did one eastbound run into the rear end of another eastbound just a few miles from the crew start point? It doesn't seem like the crew of the following EB would have had time to become sleepy. Have I got something wrong here?
Is Amarillo a crew change point?
If it is, then how did one eastbound run into the rear end of another eastbound just a few miles from the crew start point? It doesn't seem like the crew of the following EB would have had time to become sleepy.
Have I got something wrong here?
Best I can figure, this happened around Masterson Rd MP 543 - The yard and all the spaghetti of crossovers, interlockers and sidetracks is all between MP 550.5 (Boise City Sub wye) and MP 553 (west end of the ex-ATSF yard) ....detail, as usual, is lacking with the news media. Busy place.
Right. And there will in the meantime be endless speculation as to cause, matched by endless attempts to muzzle any speculation pending that NTSB report. But it is pretty obvious that these accidents need to be reduced in numbers. Fortunately in this one there were no hazardous chemicals spilled or explosions from ruptured tank cars containing tar sand oil or ethanol. One also hopes the injured crew recover.
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"Authorities are trying to determine what caused the accident."
Well, duh. Call out the NTSB, spend two years investigating and then determine that one of the trains ran three signlas because the crew was asleep. There will be another call for PTC, and the LION will tell you about automated train control.
Predictable, very predictable.
ROAR
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http://www.kiiitv.com/story/23525254/3-bnsf-trains-in-collision-near-amarillo-4-hurt
AP is reporting a derailment east of Amarillo involving three trains. 30 cars on the ground.
John Timm
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