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UPDATE: Train derailment in Henry County
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02.06.15 - 09:41 am
 
UPDATED 1:15 p.m. From Henry County Police Lt. Joey Smith: "We have several railroad cars derailed from the track at the King Mill Road crossing, between Hwy 155 and Hwy 42. There are no injuries or vehicles involved. No hazmat spills. King Mill Road is closed. Norfolk Southern is conducting the investigation."

Norfolk Southern spokesman Rick Harris said the cause of the 6 a.m. accident has not been determined yet. King Mill Road remains blocked. "We're looking to clean up debris and repair the track," he said. There are no estimates as to when those tasks will be completed, he said. Other trains are being rerouted over the company's north-south Griffin line and a CSX line. Harris said 20 cars were derailed, out of 137 cars and three locomotives on the northbound train which departed Macon and was bound for the railway's Linwood, N.C., train yard. The derailed cars included seven that carried wood pulp, rock and lumber. 
 
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/28043127/norfolk-southern-train-derails-in-henry-county


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Too heavy of an application of the Die-matic Brake caused heavy run in of slack during which short empty car was raised from the track picking an industry switch.

Bailiff.....wack his peepee.



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Calvin wrote:

Too heavy of an application of the Die-matic Brake caused heavy run in of slack during which short empty car was raised from the track picking an industry switch.

Bailiff.....wack his peepee.

 Did Clavalin confer with Drainorders investigators?



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Cy Valley wrote:
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Too heavy of an application of the Die-matic Brake caused heavy run in of slack during which short empty car was raised from the track picking an industry switch.

 Did Clavalin confer with Drainorders investigators?

 Speculation my son, Speculation, LAMCO style.



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LAMCO style.  GUILTY!   



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Cy Valley wrote:

BNsf style.  GUILTY!   

Fixed!



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somewhere there is **** *** slamming a phone down.

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Maybe Snippy needs to adopt that method.

Never mind. Already guilty.

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The funny thing is that Snippy watched a interesting LAMCO video in Rules Class tuday that gave the physics of Clalvlin's LAMCO Investigation Team (CLIT). Straight line jack knifing without track or mechanical defects almost always begins with reduced vertical wheel loading of light cars. As in tremendous buff forces introduced by, um, "heavily loading" dynamic brakes. Picking up a switch point as a consequence is pretty easy. See the strange empty pigs all over the place Are they near the switch?

Attention LAMCO-ites who have not yet attended Rules Training '15: OMFG there are some embarrassingly stupid videos. Baby Jeebus cries that alleged grown-ups make that shit for grown-ps to watch that shit. You can tell how much LAMCO respects us. The physics lesson is the only one that doesn't make you feel like you're losing brain cells.



-- Edited by Snippy on Saturday 7th of February 2015 08:58:20 PM

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One of the great blessings of no longer being a LAMCO employee is no longer being required to attend those moronic classes. The best one I went to in years, other than some middle years, was the very last one, which was attended by quite a few who knew this was going to be the very last class they would ever attend. We shamelessly did what we wanted and the very incompetent, railroad stupid trainmaster holding the class had no idea. We didn't care and he didn't know.

Snippy, was it more STOOPID than "Who Wants to be a Safe Railroader", or whatever it was called. OMFG!

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Yes, they had an ESPN (I guess) panel show spoof (I guess) with a Phlaming Queer Eye style (I guess) Phag (not that there's anything wrong with it, mind you) spoof (I guess) with a couple of other guys (I guess) making up a panel (I guess) show. It was as hideous as the Rules Department dunces/fools (Corey Veal) that re-numbered the Rule Book (again) for the second time in six years.

This was #40. This was the last.

The last two have taken almost a full eight hours. Snippy will not miss them a bit. This one was for February's healthcare payment. Being at the place where they dump coal into the water (part-time now, it seems) did not bring back any fond memories, either. Seeing the scabby remotes operating just makes Snippy hate the place more.

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I'm certain I didn't go to nearly that many rulebook classes. Back when, the Red Team wasn't much on mandatory attendance and the workforce responded in kind. That all came later, uh, yeah, and you could guess when that was.



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The Green Team made us go to Green Rules every year and the Red Team "Air Brake Car" every year to get us a Red Team belt buckle. No trinkets ever came from Lean Mean Green.

Snippy still has one of the black flower pot in semi-pewter. There's no stopping us.® (Until the Green Team came to town and made the Red Team into a paying proposition.) A greater future... if only they knew that Green Nazis would invade and kill the play house.

Oh, BTW, the flower pot is supposed to travel to the new Mecca East (Remember, they're running all of the riffraff out of Roa-Mecca) for excursions starting in June.

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Back when, we didn't get any trinkets. I don't remember being handed anything until one year, which had to be at least 1981, being given one of the cheapest, most useless hats I have ever seen. I've got a belt buckle from around that era, too, but it doesn't look like that. I've never seen one like that. Must have given those out to their fave folk down in the promised land.  

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We got our APPROACH tags and appropriate training yesterday, tu.

From the STOP SIGNAL committee.

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 :                                                                    :         
 :                    NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION                    :         
 :                      OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT                      :         
 :                          VIRGINIA DIVISION                         :         
 :                                                                    :         
 :                   SUPERINTENDENT'S NOTICE NO. 007                  :         
 :                                                                    :         
 :                   ROANOKE, VA. - FEBRUARY 2, 2015                  :         
 :                                                                    :         
 : APPROACH Tag Pilot Program Implementation                          :         
 :                                                                    :         
 : ALL Employees:                                                     :         
 :                                                                    :         
 : In an effort to prevent stop signal violations, effective          :         
 : immediately, the Virginia Division is implementing the APPROACH"  :  

 : tag pilot program. During rules classes, all employees will be     :         
 : trained on the use of the APPROACH tag . These tags will be        :         
 : issued at Rules class to all road conductors and those yard        :         
 : conductors who ride the controlling locomotive and encounter       :         
 : signals during their yard duties. Following your training in       :         
 : rules class and having been issued the tag, conductors are         :         
 : strongly encouraged to use this as a tool to not only remind the   :         
 : engineer to be prepared to stop short of the next signal, but to   :         
 : also precipitate the Approach Job Briefing discussion in the       :         
 : locomotive cab among crew members and keep it "fresh in your       :         
 : face" that your train is running on an Approach signal, should be  :         
 : reduced to Medium Speed immediately, and be prepared to stop at    :         
 : the next signal.                                                   :         
 :                                                                    :         
 : Some other points to remember when using the APPROACH tag are:     :
 :                                                                    :         
 : -    Engineers encourage their use as well, ask your conductor     :         
 :      has he received the tag and encourage the conductor to use it :         
 :      keeping them engaged in the operation of the train.           :         
 : -    Be professional to those who use the tag. It's use is to help :         
 :      keep both of you safe.                                        :         
 : -    If the conductor gets up in the locomotive cab to hang the    :         
 :      tag, remember to maintain 3 points of contact. The train has  :         
 :      encountered an Approach signal and the engineer is taking     :         
 :      action to slow the train. Be prepared for slack action while  :         
 :      the dynamic brake is being used to slow/stop the train.       :         
 : -    Use the tag and erect it in a location that keeps it in plain :         
 :      view of both crew members.                                    :         
 : -    Remember to take it down immediately when a favorable signal  :         
 :      is given.                                                     :  
 : -    The tags can be modified at the conductor's discretion with   :         
 :      the addition of a magnet to allow even more places where the  :         
 :      tag can be hung from in the front windshield area of the      :         
 :      locomotive cab.                                               :         
 :                                                                    :         
 : All supervisors as well as Safety Committee members and Stop       :         
 : Signal Service team members will be on the lookout for these tags  :         
 : being used. Positive recognition will be given in some form when   :         
 : their use is recognized. Please begin using the tag immediately    :         
 : following your training in rules class.                            :         
 :                                                                    :         
 : Thank You in advance for your participation in this pilot program  :         
 : as all employees on the Virginia Division are committed to the     :         
 : prevention of all Stop Signal incidents.                           :         
 :                                                                    : 
 : Be governed accordingly.                                           :         
 :                                                                    :         
 :                                    C. M. Irvin, Jr.                :         
 :                                    Superintendent                  :         
 :                                                                    :         
 :                                                                    :         
 **********************************************************************
 
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