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Old 09-12-2020, 09:16 AM
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"That Train Is Just Carrying A Junkyard!"

At least that's what one of my co-workers said when I showed him this video.

Oops...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcqf..._w9rz-BzIbLNWk
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Old 09-12-2020, 09:39 AM
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I think if there had been a caboose instead of a TED at the end of the train, the conductor would have seen the problem and alerted the engineer long before 2mil in damage had taken place.

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Old 09-12-2020, 09:44 AM
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I think if there had been a caboose instead of a TED at the end of the train, the conductor would have seen the problem and alerted the engineer long before 2mil in damage had taken place.

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TED?

Is that FRED's cousin?

I've also heard them called EOT's (End Of Train device. No idea why it wasn't EOTD)
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On of them new fangled can openers.
Makes you wonder how much damage to the overpass, too.
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Old 09-12-2020, 09:54 AM
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I think if there had been a caboose instead of a TED at the end of the train, the conductor would have seen the problem and alerted the engineer long before 2mil in damage had taken place.

Don
Reading through the comments, it looks like people have nailed down the location to this location in Memphis, TN:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/35...!4d-90.0737645

This would have been a shoving move, but why they would be shoving autoracks into a refinery is the $2 million dollar question...
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Old 09-12-2020, 11:26 AM
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https://www.google.com/maps/place/35...!4d-90.0737645

This would have been a shoving move, but why they would be shoving autoracks into a refinery is the $2 million dollar question...
For a partial answer to that ...

Go to satellite view, zoom out some, go about 3000 feet ESE of the railway beidge, and note what looks just like the marshalling yard for an auto auction I used to work at in another decade in another state, there at corner of W Industrial Ave & Kansas St.

Looking at length of train in video I'm going to speculate:

Option 1:
the goal was to put the long train, whole train, together without blocking Kansas Street and Florida Street & the oil place's lead was considered the way to do so.

Option 2:
train assembly instructions called for not having tank cars adjacent to the locomotive so they were using the cut of autoracks as both a spacer and as a handle to reach in to oil place to grab, or maybe spot, tank cars.

And as an added bonus at no extra charge! Note the Grand Trunk Western Railroad (not to be confused with the Grand Trunk Railway), now CN, locomotive in this view, it is quite a ways from its old company HQ in Michigan, https://www.google.com/maps/@35.0822...7i16384!8i8192
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Old 09-12-2020, 12:09 PM
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I hesitate to comment about this, but I certainly would say that the whole crew would be going for a drug test. Building a train is as much an art as it is just following the rules. The pressures involved in railroading are intense and sometimes the quick and easy way is not the solution. the crew should have gone in light engine to retrieve the tanks and then fitted them them in the proper position in the train. High value freight is always to be to protected. At least it waswhen I worked in that industry
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Loving the carriages with the new convertible roof feature.😀
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Loving the carriages with the new convertible roof feature.😀
Hehehe!

Hey, Conrail did it the proper way, CTTX Tri-Levels | CRHS Conrail Photo Archive
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Old 09-12-2020, 12:28 PM
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So in the expected CSI:Interwebs discussions, I did come across this comment:

(For those who don't know, "Plate F" refers to railcar clearance profiles, ans "PSR" is Precision Scheduled Railroading- the latest attempt by those who don't know railroading trying to tell those that do know how to do their jobs.)

"It can happen. Had a similar incident while at CSX when someone decided to change the routing a merchandise train normally took - however when entering the new profile in the system (each train has one) they neglected to set any flags to catch "exceeding Plate F" cars (like auto racks) along the route. The conductor thankfully caught before the train departed. Re-routes due to derailments or other issues can also cause, but given PSR includes constantly tinkering with routing this is not surprising... "
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