holy toledo!!! train derails

[Anonymous]

Sulfuric acid will cause chemical burns just like chlorine. It gets really hot when added to water, but it is a liquid so it is not as likely to form a cloud. It does a great job of dissolving metals it comes in contact with.

[oskar]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh
some of the cars had lp gas residue and sulphuric acid residue so they had to evacuate homes along the tracks.

[V] thats not good! hopefully it dose not turn out like the Granitville wreck but dose anyone know if clorine is much deadlier than sulphuric acid residue?

hopefully they were perpared for these kinds of accidents


kevin

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

hi [:0]
just to let you guys and gals know an ns train derailed in toledo yesterday.the last 10 cars jumped the tracks.it was going from bellevue ohio to elkahart indiana. some of the cars had lp gas residue and sulphuric acid residue so they had to evacuate homes along the tracks.for more details go to the Toledo Balde.com
stay safe
Joe

I believe that you meant http://www.ToldeoBlade.com/ [8D]. Thanks for the info!![:D]

[tree68]

One could take the tack that if you're not having derailments, you're not moving trains....

Joe's use of the term "residue" is significant. Used to be that once a car was emptied of its hazardous cargo the placards could be removed, even though there was still a bit of the product left in the tank. Today the cars (and highway vehicles, too) still have to be placarded unless the tank has been thoroughly cleaned.

Which means that the big tank car with the hazmat placards might not be a huge bomb after all. Or maybe it is.

[CShaveRR]

New technology to eliminate derailments?

Placement of defect detectors would reduce derailments caused by equipment defects.

Use of new track-maintenance techniques would reduce derailments caused by track defects.

Use of Positive Train Control or other such things would reduce the derailments caused by human defects...sorry, error.

Better grade-crossing protection or grade separation will reduce idiot-driver defects.

But unless and until everything is in place, there are going to be derailments. And all of those measures will only reduce--not eliminate--the possibilities.

[AntonioFP45]

Whew! 2005 and derailments are still going strong!

Looks like the industry prediction back in the 1980s that basically expressed that
"With the implementation of NEW TECHNOLOGY train derailments in the 21st Century will become virtually non-existent", was a bit pre-mature.

[JoeKoh]

hi [:0]
just to let you guys and gals know an ns train derailed in toledo yesterday.the last 10 cars jumped the tracks.it was going from bellevue ohio to elkahart indiana. some of the cars had lp gas residue and sulphuric acid residue so they had to evacuate homes along the tracks.for more details go to the Toledo Balde.com
stay safe
Joe