Stuff beside a railroad track

[Vertnut]

I'm pretty sure they happen all the time.

They do. We hear about them when passengers are involved (RARE) and when hazardous chemicals are involved. I know a gentleman that drives around Texas/La/Ok (his territory) and deals with clean-up of derailments. It keeps him busy.

[ceyko]

They do. We hear about them when passengers are involved (RARE) and when hazardous chemicals are involved. I know a gentleman that drives around Texas/La/Ok (his territory) and deals with clean-up of derailments. It keeps him busy.

Yeah, quick glance at those stats - it's hard at a glance to determine what is derailment and what are other type accidents/injuries/deaths - but there are a lot of them.

[krazy kris]

Oh yeah they happen all the time. We had some of the shitttiest tracks around even with all the slow orders there would still be a derailment everyday. In the 2 years I worked there we only had 3 big derailments. 1 was out in Dublin after a big rain that put the engines on thier sides. 1 was in the switch yard a car was fouling a track as another train was leaving and tore 10 cars of the track 2 of witch were hazardous chemicals. 1 was 10 cars of big pipe out in decordova the conductors radio went out as they were going to a spot. The craziest thing was a car that got away out in cresson. The conductor was switching some cars he sat a car out to the main line and it started rolling so he hopped on it and tied the brake but nothing was happening. He stayed on all the way to 28th street in fort worth. Luckily it was in the middle of the night and there wasn't much traffic. He said there were times he got going so fast that the railcar would already be through the crossing before the arms came down. It rolled from cresson to tower 60 by the stockyards

[CJ]

Oh yeah they happen all the time. We had some of the shitttiest tracks around even with all the slow orders there would still be a derailment everyday. In the 2 years I worked there we only had 3 big derailments. 1 was out in Dublin after a big rain that put the engines on thier sides. 1 was in the switch yard a car was fouling a track as another train was leaving and tore 10 cars of the track 2 of witch were hazardous chemicals. 1 was 10 cars of big pipe out in decordova the conductors radio went out as they were going to a spot. The craziest thing was a car that got away out in cresson. The conductor was switching some cars he sat a car out to the main line and it started rolling so he hopped on it and tied the brake but nothing was happening. He stayed on all the way to 28th street in fort worth. Luckily it was in the middle of the night and there wasn't much traffic. He said there were times he got going so fast that the railcar would already be through the crossing before the arms came down. It rolled from cresson to tower 60 by the stockyards

LOFL, that is hilarious. I bet he was ready to bail at any moment.

[dewayne6243]

Oh yeah they happen all the time. We had some of the shitttiest tracks around even with all the slow orders there would still be a derailment everyday. In the 2 years I worked there we only had 3 big derailments. 1 was out in Dublin after a big rain that put the engines on thier sides. 1 was in the switch yard a car was fouling a track as another train was leaving and tore 10 cars of the track 2 of witch were hazardous chemicals. 1 was 10 cars of big pipe out in decordova the conductors radio went out as they were going to a spot. The craziest thing was a car that got away out in cresson. The conductor was switching some cars he sat a car out to the main line and it started rolling so he hopped on it and tied the brake but nothing was happening. He stayed on all the way to 28th street in fort worth. Luckily it was in the middle of the night and there wasn't much traffic. He said there were times he got going so fast that the railcar would already be through the crossing before the arms came down. It rolled from cresson to tower 60 by the stockyards

At 70mph the arms are already down 10 seconds before we cross. He must have been going 150mph.

[krazy kris]

At 70mph the arms are already down 10 seconds before we cross. He must have been going 150mph.

well this isn't class 1 rail either so i'm sure its all screwed up shit.

[FastFox]

The story must be true about the building of the capitol building. My grandmother told me that story in about 1952. She was born and raised in Burnett, and that is where the granite mines are located. Red granite with black specks. She said that the pieces rolled off the cars in route to Austin.

[dewayne6243]

well this isn't class 1 rail either so i'm sure its all screwed up shit.

fwwr?

[krazy kris]

fwwr?

Yep

[dewayne6243]

Yep

You know JD Cheek? He used to work for them.

[krazy kris]

You know JD Cheek? He used to work for them.

No I sure don't, there have been a lot of people work there. People start there to try and gain experience but all they learn are bad habbits.

[dewayne6243]

No I sure don't, there have been a lot of people work there. People start there to try and gain experience but all they learn are bad habbits.

We works for us now.

[SMEGMA STENCH]

Heard a guy put a giant magnet on a pickup and cut a hole in the bed of the truck and drove down the tracks collecting the old spikes and metal beside the track.

Post moar on this story plz. It sounds funny.

[BlackSnake]

Are derailments even common anymore?

My son makes a good living going out all over Tx putting them back on the tracks. Pretty much daily.

[kenny c]

I took that ride a few months ago and had the same questions.

Hard to imagine them sitting there for this long.


David

Which ride? I live next to the farm that backs up to the "rocks."