Bad one in Miss

IC/CN faced them up in Bentonia Mississippi, reports are 4 crew dead.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,162053,00.html

We need to pray for these people's families.

CTC territory with Bentonia (M.P. 193.0) not listed as a station. Timetable shows a 1000' connecting track here, opening from the north. Sidings north of Bentonia at Anding (M.P. 189.7) south at Flora (M.P.205). Many problems on this stretch of railroad the past few years.

Mr. Greenwood,
Actually when IC 1st put CTC on this line lets say they christened it by derailing a train. Then Amtrak had a wreck around here last year.

AmtrakFan wrote:Mr. Greenwood,
Actually when IC 1st put CTC on this line lets say they christened it by derailing a train. Then Amtrak had a wreck around here last year.

Doesn't surprise me in the least Mr. P!

Just found some info on the Derailment History
1 in 1986
2 in 1994
1 in 2004-Amtrak 58
1 in 2005

My thoughts and prayers go out to the crew's families.

http://www.utu.org/worksite/print_news. ... leID=22221 More info here.

Looks like a dispatcher messed up big.

Amtrak31 wrote:Looks like a dispatcher messed up big.

What leads you to believe that the dispatcher is at fault?

I'm not saying a dispatcher is definately at fault, but when two trains collide, there's a chance that a dispatcher lined the switch up wrong. I'm not saying that was the case in this situation.

This is a very tragic occurrence. My sympathies to the families and friends of the victims. Let's wait until all the facts are in before laying blame.

I wasn't saying a dispatcher was at fault. I was just saying what I thought happened.

I agree we should not jump to any conclusions on what happened. There are many possibilities including dispatcher error, crew error, and signal problems. In due time they will come up with a determination.

Also, the remark above "There's a chance a dispatcher lined the switch up wrong". In CTC, if a dispatcher lined a switch wrong it should set a red signal against at least one of the trains - it's not a case of just accidently sending two trains running into each other.

Re: signal problems, a very strong possibility. In the last year there's been at least one "signal malfunction." Enough said about this on a public forum.