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BIG Derailment in North Dakota last week |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Wed May 13 08:06:00 2015, in response to Re: Major Amtrak derailment in Philly, posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Wed May 13 07:57:16 2015. Not much to report.This was on a sub division line between Minot and Fargo, that passes through New Rockford. MAS on this track is 35 mph, speed of train was 29 mph. No injuries were reported. NTSB is looking at "wheel fragments". The Casselton crash was due to a broken axle on the grain train. Looks like these cars will need better inspections before entering oil service especially, although Casselton was the grain train. Grain trains run in shuttle service and might be a while before getting a good inspection. The Axle on the grain train *was* inspected but the flaw, a void, lay inside of the axle and out of sight of visual inspections. It was a used axle with new(er) wheels on it. No word yet on the wheel etc. of the recent oil train accident. Maybe we can set up a inspection industry here in Richardton, all returning oil tanks will be inspected and x-rayed before receiving the next loadout of oil. That would provide more jobs in Richardton, and we did build the new rail yards east of town. There is still room for three more firms at this location. A good inspection/cleaning facility might use up all of that space. ROAR |
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