Derailments
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On 4 Apr 2020 there was another derailment on Tehachapi Pass, this time at Bealville. Looks like derailments are happening couple of times per year now on Tehachapi Pass, that’s a lot. Many of them are happening because of “string lining”, as this pass has many sharp curves.
Here is drone footage of this derailment:
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Maersk.146


@Romet.Lyytsepp Wow! Looks like too many empty spine car platforms ahead of loads on a steep, curvy hill. This is where pre-blocking for different cities along the route, regardless of empty/load position in train comes back to bite. No reason for this kind of operational behavior, except to pinch pennies on crew work and train starts. Car position is NOT all equal when mountains and sharp curves are in the mix. Loads first, empties last!
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@Maersk.146 Well then I guess cleaning up derailments and paying fines to customers for shipment delays is much cheaper than paying for extra crew work hours... 😁
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Maersk.146


@Romet.Lyytsepp - I think that may almost be the mentality.
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And there’s more: another derailment on Tehachapi Pass on 8 May 2020
Tehachapi train cam drone footage:
PS! Look at those spectacular views!
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Maersk.146


@Romet.Lyytsepp - Wow! This one looks like a too-rapid startup coming out of the siding after a meet. Even tipped over a loco, too. That won't help the driver's performance appraisal...
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Mikhail Ter


Union Pacific train derailed and caught fire on a bridge over Tempe Town Lake in Arizona
https://www.facebook.com/arizonasfamily/videos/287483382464724/
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Greg Larkman


Multiple train derailment in St. Petersburg. One of the worst I've seen in a long while!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDMfEdJprnO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDMVUdIJCyu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
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Mikhail Ter


Passenger train derails near Stonehaven during storms: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland..51678

Affected unit: https://trainspo.com/photo/61026/?list=unit
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Maersk.146


Derailment and cleanup at Kansas City, KS, October 15-17, 2020. Caught by cameras owned by Virtual Railfan watching Santa Fe Junction.


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Maersk.146


Another derailment at Santa Fe Junction Interlocking, Kansas City. Feb 2&3, 2022.
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helloimbernardo


Derailment of one of these old CP trains that happened back in march https://trainspo.com/model/656/
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stefan


A derailment and major accident in The Netherlands between The Hague and Leiden. A VIRMm intercity train and a freight train both his building materials on the railway tracks. Or at least that seems to be the story right now. A shovel can be seen on the tracks on some of the photo's, but there are also rumours a crame was involved.

Tens of people are injuring, some severely, because of the accident. An emergency hospital has been set up in Utrecht. At least one person, the driver of the building equipment, has been killed.

The VIRMm in question is the 9405.

in dutch:
https://nos.nl/artikel/2470072-tientallen-gewonden-bij-treinbot..hoten