Coast Starlight hits unoccupied work truck, derails in Moorpark, CA

https://abc7.com/moorpark-amtrak-train- ... /13436972/

An Amtrak train has partially derailed after it crashed into an unoccupied water truck on the tracks in Moorpark.

The Ventura County Fire Department and CHP is responding to the scene.

One injured off the train so far. Passengers are mostly de-trained and the line is closed for the time being.

Edit 4:06pm Eastern: NBC 4 Los Angeles quotes a tweet from the first responders saying 4 passengers w/minor injuries transported, rest being triaged under tents.

Good grief ! Ban trucks !

Leader was the 300, looked to hold up at least no worse than a P-Boat

300 looks pretty rough though. Hopefully it will buff out!

Phew! At least they stayed upright.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/28/us/amtra ... CmA-r_2Ops

Yeah, the 300 looks bad. There a inconsistencies in whether the truck driver was in the vehicle, abandoned the vehicle, or watching the A's game in a bar.

16 people injured after Amtrak passenger train partially derailed in Southern California after hitting vehicle

At least 16 people were injured Wednesday when an Amtrak train collided with a truck blocking the tracks and partially derailed in Southern California, local officials said.

The driver of the truck was transported to a trauma center and another person was taken to a medical center with a “minor medical emergency,” according to the Ventura County Fire Department. Fourteen others were transported from the scene with minor injuries, it said in a tweet.

The department said the other passengers of the Coast Starlight train appeared uninjured.

Train No. 14 was traveling from Los Angeles to Seattle at about 11:15 a.m. PT when it struck the vehicle obstructing the tracks in Moorpark, California, about 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles, the rail line said in a statement.
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Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2023 6:28 am Here is a video of the Hospital Train featuring a UP GP-40 in the latest UP livery!!!

GBN: Where’s the beef?

Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2023 6:28 am Here is a video of the Hospital Train featuring a UP GP-40 in the latest UP livery!!!

Very interesting video. I assume the external white hose is for the airbrakes? Presumably the lines through the Amtrak locomotives were untrusted after the wreck?

And the diner is listing badly and making quite a scraping noise! (1:56 in the video, etc.) Does anyone have insight into what may be the issue here?

Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2023 6:28 am Here is a video of the Hospital Train featuring a UP GP-40 in the latest UP livery!!!

Yuck… that listing car needs attention.

rohr turbo wrote: ↑Mon Jul 03, 2023 3:10 pm Very interesting video. I assume the external white hose is for the airbrakes? Presumably the lines through the Amtrak locomotives were untrusted after the wreck?

The air brake lines were sheared off from the front of 300 by the collision; there is nothing to connect it to. I think this means they couldn't close the line on that locomotive and so had to bypass it entirely.

GBN

It’s Los Angeles. The yards aren’t well secured. It’s that simple.

Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2023 6:28 am Here is a video of the Hospital Train featuring a UP GP-40 in the latest UP livery!!!

What do the orange X's on the cars mean? That they're considered fit for repair?

The orange Xs mean that emergency crews cleared that car.