Surprised there isn't a thread for this yet. It seems that one train was stopped so the damage wasn't as severe as it could be. Fortunately there were no serious injuries.
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/Freight-trains-crash-head-on-in-Delco-Oct-28-2016.html
Not sure why all the oil train stuff is relevant other than to instill unneccesary fear, but...
Must be that anything without a safety cab/ wide-nose is a switcher* in their world? (newsworkers)
(*) With selective hearing, roadswitcher becomes....
Our posters attempt to avoid the obvious - two trains crash head on. Dispatcher error.
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schlimm Our posters attempt to avoid the obvious - two trains crash head on. Dispatcher error.
Unless a train ran a red board. Then crew error.
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zugmann schlimm Our posters attempt to avoid the obvious - two trains crash head on. Dispatcher error. Unless a train ran a red board. Then crew error.
Crew ran a red after being on duty about 1 hour 25 minutes. Only potential mitigating circumstance would be level of the sun at the time of the incident. Territory is CTC.
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Boy, you really like to jump on that wagon anytime there is an accident. However it appears that you are incorrect, again.
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...enroute from Quebec to Georgia. Sounds like one of the new IMs running on the St Lawrence Sub...
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n012944 schlimm Our posters attempt to avoid the obvious - two trains crash head on. Dispatcher error. Boy, you really like to jump on that wagon anytime there is an accident. However it appears that you are incorrect, again.
OK. My bad. Engineer error. It is someone's error when railroads have trains running head on into each other. But now it sounds like the sun is maybe to blame?
They were on same track. Beyond the red light, can someone explain the whole sequence.
schlimm n012944 schlimm Our posters attempt to avoid the obvious - two trains crash head on. Dispatcher error. Boy, you really like to jump on that wagon anytime there is an accident. However it appears that you are incorrect, again. OK. My bad. Engineer error. It is someone's error when railroads have trains running head on into each other. But now it sounds like the sun is maybe to blame? They were on same track. Beyond the red light, can someone explain the whole sequence.
The sun was out 90 miles away in a different state. I have no idea if the sun was involved in the incident - under the circumstance it is the only 'potential out' for the offending crew and a very poor one at that.
Considering the picture of the engines with the article, the impact speed was very low. Remember, even at low speeds we are talking about the impact between thousands of tons of moving equipment that don't want to stop immediately.
NorthWest Surprised there isn't a thread for this yet. It seems that one train was stopped so the damage wasn't as severe as it could be. Fortunately there were no serious injuries. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/Freight-trains-crash-head-on-in-Delco-Oct-28-2016.html "Not sure why all the oil train stuff is relevant other than to instill unneccesary fear, but..."
"Not sure why all the oil train stuff is relevant other than to instill unneccesary fear, but..."
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