by MACTRAXX
Everyone: I am visiting friends in Philadelphia and I noticed the attention that this accident got in the news media...
The NTSB is getting involved and hopefully they find out what exactly caused this accident...
It could be a number of factors such as the bridge and/or abutment condition,the bridge's miter rails
or perhaps it was a defect on one of the cars of that train causing this derailment...
As mentioned this is becoming a big CSAO problem because there is no alternate useable route...
Will this bridge be rebuilt or replaced following this accident? The current bridge may well be a total loss...
This bridge with its A span draw reminds me of the LIRR's old Wreck Lead drawbridge that spanned Reynolds
Channel on the Long Beach Branch between Island Park and Long Beach...That bridge was a wood pile supported
structure that ran low over the water level and was over time becoming a maintenance headache...
In 1988 this bridge was replaced with a new structure that sloped upward toward a larger draw span...The MTA
bought the drawspan used from a defunct Florida rail line and shipped it up north on barges...
In closing CSAO will have to make decisions concerning this bridge...It is important for their South Jersey freight
routes as most here realize...
MACTRAXX
The NTSB is getting involved and hopefully they find out what exactly caused this accident...
It could be a number of factors such as the bridge and/or abutment condition,the bridge's miter rails
or perhaps it was a defect on one of the cars of that train causing this derailment...
As mentioned this is becoming a big CSAO problem because there is no alternate useable route...
Will this bridge be rebuilt or replaced following this accident? The current bridge may well be a total loss...
This bridge with its A span draw reminds me of the LIRR's old Wreck Lead drawbridge that spanned Reynolds
Channel on the Long Beach Branch between Island Park and Long Beach...That bridge was a wood pile supported
structure that ran low over the water level and was over time becoming a maintenance headache...
In 1988 this bridge was replaced with a new structure that sloped upward toward a larger draw span...The MTA
bought the drawspan used from a defunct Florida rail line and shipped it up north on barges...
In closing CSAO will have to make decisions concerning this bridge...It is important for their South Jersey freight
routes as most here realize...
MACTRAXX
EXPRESS TRAIN TO NEW YORK PENN STATION-NO JAMAICA ON THIS TRAIN-PLEASE STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING TRAIN DOORS