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Union Pacific derailment in California
« on: March 28, 2023, 03:13:42 PM »
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There are reports that the train exceeded 118 MPH. The crew reportedly jumped when they realized the train was not slowing down.

https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/train-derails-southeast-of-baker-hazmat-crews-respond/
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Re: Union Pacific derailment in California
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2023, 04:17:58 PM »
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Re: Union Pacific derailment in California
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2023, 08:00:47 PM »
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Shush.. this one doesn't fit the Narrative...
Not Hazmat, Not in a big town, and Not NS  :trollface:
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Re: Union Pacific derailment in California
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2023, 08:17:56 PM »
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Good.  Grief.  That's a heck of a wreck.  No wonder they're leaking diesel.  They're probably leaking every fluid they had.

Just shovel up the remaining shards of metal along with whatever ore you can salvage and just feed the whole thing into a blast furnace. 
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Re: Union Pacific derailment in California
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2023, 02:33:37 PM »
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Tought the PTC was supposed to take care of that kind of thing too ....
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Re: Union Pacific derailment in California
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2023, 02:56:33 PM »
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Quote from: trainforfun on April 03, 2023, 02:33:37 PM
Tought the PTC was supposed to take care of that kind of thing too ....

Clearly failed brakes.  Don't see how PTC fixes that.
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Re: Union Pacific derailment in California
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2023, 02:14:47 AM »
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About the best that PTC could do is warn any opposing trains before they hit a red block.

Any idea where the crew was?  The sites I've seen just say "the crew wasn't injured because they weren't in the cab", which could mean a lot of things.
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Re: Union Pacific derailment in California
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2023, 08:17:32 AM »
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Report I read said they jumped, I assume on the realization that the train was slowed but starting to accelerate despite full brake application, both air and dynamics.
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Re: Union Pacific derailment in California
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2023, 11:39:08 AM »
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I'm waiting with bated breath for the part where UP blames the wreck on the crew because they jumped.
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Re: Union Pacific derailment in California
« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2023, 03:02:48 PM »
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I heard the conductor was off train already due to a coupler issue. I'm not sure how accurate that is because the train would have been stopped already. Unless the engineer started to move the train and the brakes did not respond, I see the conductor being off train and the engineer jumping as unlikely.
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Re: Union Pacific derailment in California
« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2023, 04:11:23 PM »
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Quote from: learmoia on March 28, 2023, 08:00:47 PM
Shush.. this one doesn't fit the Narrative...
Not Hazmat, Not in a big town, and Not NS  :trollface:

Yeah everybody knows the only derailments that count are the big mean old Norfolk Southern.
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