Norfolk Southern probing cause of train derailment
BY BERNIE HORNICK The Tribune-Democrat
Five empty flatcars jumped the track at the Woodvale railyard Wednesday, the second derailment there within a year.
One of the flatcars bumped into the last of a string of stationary hopper cars on another track. Those cars broke through a chainlink fence overlooking a parking lot at Goodwill Industries in the 100 block of Maple Avenue.
No one was injured.
Somebody saw it on their way to work and called it in, said Assistant Fire Chief Joe Moehler.
Norfolk Southern Corp. spokesman Rudy Husband said the accident occurred at 7:55 a.m. The 124-car train was bound from Conway, outside Pittsburgh, to Reading.
The train company is investigating the cause of the accident.
Husband didnt know when the derailed cars would be back on the tracks.
Husband said local authorities werent notified because it was a minor situation.
Moehler agreed: If there were any safety issues, they would have called it in right away. I see no issues for public safety or the environment.
On March 19, city firefighters had a gooey mess on their hands when corn syrup and soybean products spilled from eight cars, part of a derailment. That accident occurred on a spur off Maple between the Dellwood Street Bridge and the Maple Avenue Bridge.
Somebody saw it on their way to work and called it in, said Assistant Fire Chief Joe Moehler.
I'll bet if they had looked closely, they would have seen the train crew hauling ass away from work if it was a crew change point. Derailment? Don't know nothing 'bout no derailment. Train handled real good.
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I think LAMCo is done with the neo-nazi CSX rejects -- Pipes FC 8/5/23
We have a train that was, until the recent decline in business, one of the poorest built trains one could ever hope for. It was the kind of train that builds character in young engineers. Nowadays, when they run it, it's a pussycat.
Also MARRCO, while not up to BN standards, takes good care of its tracks. MARRCO is run by a bunch of MOPAC ex MOW wack jobs. The late great ran 70mph on FRA excepted track. Fuck it KICKEM!
-- Edited by Hoghead Bob at 21:38, 2009-01-22
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Burning Journal -> NS -> Picked Switch? Or Improper use of the throttle?? Any BrownShirts around??
