6/28/2003: LA derailment

Undertoad · 06-28-2003, 11:27 AM

This derailment happened on the 20th and until yesterday's MSNBC Week in Pics I didn't see a good image of it. This is remarkable -- the "stuff" on the ground there, looking all like a handful of straw, is actually <i>lumber</i>. Only a few people were hurt and no deaths.

Not much else to say except that someone said they had earlier been trying to put in a process to avoid derailments leading into populated areas.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-28-2003, 11:36 AM

OMG. Syc's been censored.

They knocked down a few houses but the brought lots of lumber. Thro a Habitat for Humanity crew in there and they'll end up with a net plus.

elSicomoro · 06-28-2003, 11:43 AM

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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
OMG. Syc's been censored.

I know...that UT can be a real jerk-off when you're critical of him.

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They knocked down a few houses but the brought lots of lumber. Thro a Habitat for Humanity crew in there and they'll end up with a net plus.

Hey...is that Jimmy Carter down there?

xoxoxoBruce · 06-28-2003, 11:50 AM

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that UT can be a real jerk-off when you're critical of him.

It's good to be the King!

Undertoad · 06-28-2003, 11:56 AM

I just clean up my messes.

Tobiasly · 06-28-2003, 12:25 PM

Simply amazing. Notice that some of it landed <I>on top of a two-story building</I>!!

xoxoxoBruce · 06-28-2003, 02:28 PM

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Notice that some of it landed on top of a two-story building!!

For as long as I can remember the term "train wreck" has been used to describe extreme violence.

tw · 06-28-2003, 05:59 PM

When a brake line breaks or when pressure is lost, then brakes on all cars are suppose to apply. The more interesting question will be why those rail car brakes did not automatically engage on all railcars. Picture are important because they demonstate how fast those railcars must have been going. But those speeds are suppose to be not possible without a locomotive to put pressure into those brake lines.

ndetroit · 06-28-2003, 07:44 PM

Looks like the fire dept is there, in the top left..... If they were smart, they'd be hosing that damn thing down ASAP... the only way to make that train wreck worse I think would be to make it into a fiery explosive train wreck.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-28-2003, 09:36 PM

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why those rail car brakes did not automatically engage on all railcars.

Somebody must of screwed up. They have a system to defeat that safety feature for sorting. Did you ever see a sign that said "do not hump" or "do not hump this car"? Humping is when they sort the cars into trains by destination. They engine pushes the car to the top of a hill and then as the car rolls down the slope, they switch it on to the proper track to bump into the back of the train it's assigned to. If the car is oversize, heavily loaded, explosives, etc, it'll have a "do not hump" sign.

Griff · 06-29-2003, 08:08 AM

That accident was in the news while I was out there. I wasn't paying much attention but it occured as Bruce describes it. The interesting thing was that they had a chance to catch it but couldn't get permission before it had accelerated too much. The radio news interviewed an old trainman who had successfully caught a runaway back in the day.

bartman · 06-29-2003, 08:10 AM

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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
Did you ever see a sign that said "do not hump" or "do not hump this car"?

I *LOVE* those signs. They have them on dump trucks, too.

Crazy-ass mutherfuckers, tryin' to tell me what I can and can't do in the privacy of my own....... ah, nevermind.

That Guy · 06-29-2003, 06:53 PM

I can't even begin to imagine the clean up.

06-29-2003, 07:38 PM

I can. Lots of poor Mexicans picking up wood for the next two weeks.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-29-2003, 08:58 PM

I can remember two truck crashes in the last couple years. One loaded with hams and the other potato chips. Within an hour there was nothing to clean up but the trucks. Isn't it nice the public is willing to lend a hand in emergencies. Oh, and the day after the ham crash, there were cheap hams for sale at work.

06-28-2003, 11:27 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	6/28/2003: LA derailment This derailment happened on the 20th and until yesterday's MSNBC Week in Pics I didn't see a good image of it. This is remarkable -- the "stuff" on the ground there, looking all like a handful of straw, is actually <i>lumber</i>. Only a few people were hurt and no deaths. Not much else to say except that someone said they had earlier been trying to put in a process to avoid derailments leading into populated areas.

06-28-2003, 11:36 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	OMG. Syc's been censored. They knocked down a few houses but the brought lots of lumber. Thro a Habitat for Humanity crew in there and they'll end up with a net plus. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-29-2003, 08:08 AM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	That accident was in the news while I was out there. I wasn't paying much attention but it occured as Bruce describes it. The interesting thing was that they had a chance to catch it but couldn't get permission before it had accelerated too much. The radio news interviewed an old trainman who had successfully caught a runaway back in the day. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-29-2003, 08:58 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I can remember two truck crashes in the last couple years. One loaded with hams and the other potato chips. Within an hour there was nothing to clean up but the trucks. Isn't it nice the public is willing to lend a hand in emergencies. Oh, and the day after the ham crash, there were cheap hams for sale at work. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-28-2003, 11:56 AM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I just clean up my messes.

06-28-2003, 12:25 PM	#6
Tobiasly hot Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Jeffersonville, IN (near Louisville) Posts: 892	Simply amazing. Notice that some of it landed <I>on top of a two-story building</I>!!

06-28-2003, 05:59 PM	#8
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	When a brake line breaks or when pressure is lost, then brakes on all cars are suppose to apply. The more interesting question will be why those rail car brakes did not automatically engage on all railcars. Picture are important because they demonstate how fast those railcars must have been going. But those speeds are suppose to be not possible without a locomotive to put pressure into those brake lines.

06-28-2003, 07:44 PM	#9
ndetroit Master Locutor Join Date: May 2001 Location: vancouver Posts: 158	Looks like the fire dept is there, in the top left..... If they were smart, they'd be hosing that damn thing down ASAP... the only way to make that train wreck worse I think would be to make it into a fiery explosive train wreck.

06-29-2003, 06:53 PM	#13
That Guy He who reads, sometimes writes. Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: at the keyboard Posts: 791	I can't even begin to imagine the clean up.

06-29-2003, 07:38 PM	#14
dave Guest Posts: n/a	I can. Lots of poor Mexicans picking up wood for the next two weeks.

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