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eyepilot13 — The Dangerous Side of Railroading 0125 4-4-13
Published: 2013-04-08 00:34:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 308; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 6
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4/4/13: On the south side of Barr Yard, a quartet of mangled/scorched GEs...a message to all don't drive around the gates and railroading is still a potentially dangerous operation!Related content
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Spooky thing, I saw the 5284 down here in NC leading, only a couple months before the derailment.
Unique angle, figured these units would've been either repaired or gutted for parts by now.
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I was quite surprised to see them at Barr!
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Yet another reminder of how little other rails regard CSX. They always seem to be going on the ground or colliding with something. Last time i checked, they had the lowest paid employees, and a fairly high turnover rate among new hires. They really need to work on safety and rules training. that being said, i have a perverse interest in seeing stuff like this. Those huge, seemingly invincible machines bent and twisted like demolition derby cars. Really fascinating
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I know what you mean...I posted more on FLICKR if you want to check it out. [link]
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You know you can get a lot closer than where you are. Theres a road that dead ends to your left off their property and you can climb on a hill thats there for a better shot.
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I'll remember that! Actually I got some shots from that road but didn't check out the hill.
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These units were involved in the 3 train derailment in Westville, Indiana on January 6, 2012 when one train rammed a stopped train and then a third train on an adjacent track struck the wreckage. No one was killed, although two railroaders were injured. These units were the lucky ones. The NTSB investigation is still on-going, but the public docket is open. It can be found here: [link]
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Actually not all of these are from the porter county wreck. One is from Gary, which also rear ended a train coming off the South Shore. There were more but I guess their bids were taken already.
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Yes. I wonder if CSX will even try to rebuild the two nearest units. The two farthest units look mostly intact from this angle but the first two don't look so good.
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I remember this accident because it was a few weeks after the one in my Grandma's town of Newton Falls Ohio that took out two trains and the tower
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I can't tell you the number of near misses I've seen with people running the crossing or getting on the wrong side of the train crew. A lot of what you see is not the crew's fault yet like what happened to those veterans here in Texas at Midland.. They ended up trying to sue the railroad for wrongful death rather then go after the truck driver of their float who caused the accident and the deaths. Locomotives have cameras but they don't catch everything before it happens. They only get impact and the results of an idiot's bad decision. In driving I've learned just how tiny even a semi is to one of these trains..
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You are so true! People just don't realize that a train is 1.) so huge/massive 2.) They cannot stop suddenly... and then you have to feel for the engineer/conductor if uninjured the trauma of hitting/killing someone.
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In most instances the crew is not at fault, they know they have a dangerous huge steel object encompassing them. If anything bad happens it makes national news because of the FRA and these other well known companies who monitor the operation through a Microscope. BBM and anyone whose worked near or around these trains will tell you they are monitored now with a microscope. The management is always trying to come up with new ways to keep them very aware of it. It's one thing to sit down with an old head and talk about the way it used to be versus now where everything is under a microscope. You can't even flinch without somebody all over you in the workplace. People don't see the amount of paperwork a crew has to fill out and then the extra hours they have to spend talking to their bosses and managers to assure them they were doing their jobs right.
Sorry, this is something which really gets me going about safety.. The only time a crew is at fault is if they do it to themselves which in that case they will not be in a job for very long.
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I agree! Well stated!
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I know what you mean bro...
by the way watch idiot's vs. trains pt. 3: last part is hilarious!
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Holy cow EP that is crazy. and yes i will agree Railroading is still dangerous. this is an example of just how dangerous not just for drives but, also the engineers and rialroad workers too.
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Totally, I meant especially the railroaders...wait til I post some more closer up pix.
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