Railroaders place to shoot the shit.

Thankfully I get to correct my mistake on which BNSF line this oil train derailment happened
on as its not the Chicago-Denver CBQ line but the ex-GN line from the Twin-Cities to Sioux City
where it ended but connected with many railroads there. Just guessing its a TWC route with maybe
a dozen trains a first guess. Just last night I was looking at the current system maps of all the big
railroads to see any changes and it was interesting. So CP Rail bought the DME and the ICE not long
ago so they got route into Chicago from Sioux City to ship oil trains from Canada/Alberta on the BNSF
from the border to Sioux City where it would go east on the "new CP Rail" to Chicago or where ever
this oil was going which will be known if it matters. I guess looking at the aerial views its easy to see
that this stretch of track running through farmland that a breach of some kind was going to happen
any second. Think it was still dark at the time of the derailment. This line probly has one track inspector
make a run each day. Not sure of issued warnings to BNSF trains if any of the flooding possibilities.

I cant read pg 3 of TO on this derailment so maybe much more is known now.


www.youtube.com/watch

I'm still surprised this oil train derailment isn't all over the news but a person has to search
the net to even find out about it. A low profile oil derailment. Maybe because Doon IA is in
really sparse population or no population. Local impacts are huge. Nation wide impacts none.


So to keep up the celestial weather and railroading on Tehachapi Pass recently had a "stringline"
derailment of 13 cars shutdown things. Guess they got yanked right off the rails without hurting
the track much. Trains already running.


Sunday late afternoon on the BNSF Scenic Sub at MP 12.7 a little north of Seattle a trespasser was
kilt by a freight train. A hard to access area and the investigation took a long time and bunch of
WB trains died too as they could go any further.

Mercury oppose Pluto/ Venus square Jupiter

www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php

This article showed up in the nooz feeder thing on my 'home' page. Interesting perspective on a topic we've been acquainted with for a long time. Intimately acquainted in fact; https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/train-yard-photos-1960s

A laborer/hosteler helper friend related the story of his dad's death in the Balmer Yard while working together in 2003. His dad was a carman, doing a routine 'thousand mile' inspecion of an yarded train. The crew made a cut, and doubled their train into an adjacent track.

His dad was coupled between two cars somehow. The guy still had plenty of questions. While we worked for BN, not the merged outfit BN became. Both of us were hired on long before... His dad was GN, and never missed a day of work till that shift. His mom received a large settlement from BN. The kids still missed their pop nonetheless.

I guess railroading is a disease. Some develop immunity, some are exposed and are infected, and never break the spell... When I asked why he hired on at BN, he said "Why not? The old man loved it, and his stories got to me, so I guess they got me now!"

I guess that's as good as it gets!

-- Edited by Uke on Tuesday 3rd of July 2018 09:39:58 AM

Hard to tell the RR. The blue sign kind of looks like it says "Lake Division" on it in part. The big Chrysler plant is right there....

goo.gl/maps/LQgcVbfYTUD2

Early Thursday morning July 5 a 25-car derailment on the ex-SOU NS main to Birmingham
at Pell City Alabama. Mercury oppose Mars minutes from exact. Always seems to be celestial
weather around derailments.

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-- Edited by The Krink on Friday 6th of July 2018 12:36:47 AM

Snippy worries he may have haboobs.
Heads to dictionary.

"Snippy" was thinking about heboobs.
womp-womp

-- Edited by Snippy on Thursday 12th of July 2018 07:25:32 AM