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The Krink


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I'm pretty sure I know what happened here. Eastbound Annie Local stopped at signal to cross drawbridge and through communication with bridge opr 

proceeded past signal and passed the open derails which either the bridge opr thought was lined-up or the train crew never looked to see. Derails doing

what they are designed to do. The Annie Local usually bringing a whole train of loaded LPG tanks back from Anacortes and thankfully none of those involved.

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Gotta test those derails.

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Trainmaster stuck an egg between the points........



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Looking at the picture, it's absolutely clear that there was a catastrophic

loss of adhesion between the locomotive wheels and the rails.



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Just as I thought the train ran through the derails. Train crew not paying attention will be most at fault.
Secondary the bridgetender which might still keep his job. Working Bridge 37 one night first thing after
I walked in the door was the Boeing Job wanting back out onto the bridge to grab orders. Cant do account
Dispr has a southbound lined into Delta but the southbound is far off enough that Dispr gives me permission
to talk Boeing past red signal onto the bridge. Only thing is the derails werent lined up. How I dint notice that
is beyond me. So the Boeing Job backs out until the caboose goes on the ground at south derail. The conductor
wasnt even looking because I was a perfect bridgetender and no reason to doubt the derail was lined for his
movement. We all got surprised together. The caboose got rerailed in fairly short order and no damage to track.
Boeing crew got 2-week vacation and I got "5-days on paper" since extreme shortage of bridgetenders.

 

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We call that on paper overhead. If you are worth three days off but they want you to work or your lc negotiates it, you get the three dats as overhead. Next time you goof up, you get those three days plus whatever your new misdeed is worth!

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