CSX train derails in Palmyra 4/3/08

[48toNYP]

http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story. ... e3b69bfb99

[cdw]

CSX to detour trains over NS and NYS&W both east bound and westbound.


Dick Welles

[johnpbarlow]

Officials said each of the cars was carrying 200 tons of coal.

Isn't the max Gross Rail Weight limit 286,000 pounds per car? I guess this is a minor reporting accuracy transgression. What is more interesting is within 9 hours of the derailment, "the accident is being blamed on a faulty axle." Can CSX make such a determination so quickly?

[LCJ]

Derailment causes are commonly determined very quickly. However, this information is not commonly shared with the press. The standard quote is usually, "The derailment cause is under investigation at this time."

As for the load weight, I'm sure they meant to say 100 tons (200,000 lbs).

[rls62]

Here's a link to RNews which includes video footage:

http://www.rnews.com/TopStory_2004.cfm? ... ry_type=18

I work near MP367 and noticed a stopped eastbound freight when I came into work today around 8am.

[howie729]

That explains the CSX through Attica today...I was going to ask but now I don't have to. How long will they be detoured?

Scott Howard

[lvrr325]

Until they fix the track... but seriously depends on how long it takes to clean it up. Unless it's like the Onieda wreck where an entire CP was destroyed, usually it only takes around 24 hours or so to get things cleared.

I hear trains moving through Syracuse as I speak, the sound of them on the main really happens to carry to where I am, so something must be moving... what are they doing, running ex-Erie to Corning and ex-NYC to Lyons, or to Binghamton and up the NYS&W, or both depending on crew/pilot availability?

[the missing link]

CSX to detour trains over NS and NYS&W both east bound and westbound.


Dick Welles

any detours over susquehanna confirmed? chompin'at the bit for some daylight chasing in the del.valley!

[ANDY117]

There were 2 detour trains today, Q108 and Q110. I saw 108, and got pictures of 110. They came in on the NS Southern Tier and went up the Syracuse main.

Pictures later.

[sallenparks]

Andy what one went through around fourish, AC6000CW 640 on the point an ES44DC dont remember the # and SD60 8701 dead or not on line.

[the missing link]

do you know if anythings headed down (the tier) fri?

[dutchboy]

They have one main already being used and by the sounds of it, the second track should be fixed by the morning so this is a real quick cleanup and both tracks will be down by morning. So I would think a lot of detours are done with.

[rls62]

Click below for some great photos from D&C website:

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/app ... ofile=1003

[RussNelson]

so this is a real quick cleanup and both tracks will be down by morning.

Don't think of it as coal. Think of it as "flammable ballast". So from that point of view, repair using track panels is a Snap.Track is easy to repair that way. Almost like a gift from Santa: HO HO HO!

[RussNelson]

Click below for some great photos from D&C website:

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/app ... ofile=1003

Okay, but for some BIZARRE reason, they're scaling their photos to reduce the resolution and make them harder to view (which may not be their *reason* but it's the *effect*). Here are the image URLs without the scaling:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Now that I look at all of them, I see that some are duplicates of others. They're nice photos, though, so it won't hurt for you to see them twice. I like the shot of the rail head snapped off the base.

There will be coal at that site until the sun goes supernova and consumes all the inner planets.