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I’m not a chemist either, so I don’t know if this would be along the same lines or not. I remember hearing when I worked at the the local extruded foam factory where I live (they make styrofoam plates, meat trays, and the ‘clamshell’ type take-out boxes) one of the chemicals they use in the extrusion process is called “Iso-pentane” and from what I’ve been told it’s EXTREMELY flammable, to the point of being explosive. There are ‘no smoking’ and ‘explosion hazard’ signs all over the plant.
I’d be willing to bet, Pentane is not as volatile as Iso-pentane, but I still think it would be a fire hazard had any of it leaked.
yeah ok your a upbeat person, but do you remember when somebody put 3 smiley’s after they posted a topic about a Raleigh Amtrak wreck? Now 2 people died in that one wasn’t a great day and I spent the most of the day worring about 3 of my freinds. If I do remember that guy got alot of complaints. Also that train had Pentane according to jshrade thats flammible not good. Also like in funerals theres a line going to the funeral site cars pull over and stop. Now this had no deaths but still nothing to smile about. Show respect for them.
Chad- I don’t know about that but he sure can’t read. Look what I put before the name must have saw his name and got excited. Now I am on a week pass from the looney bin beacuse of some stupid stuff quotes are one of the reasons.
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kevin
serving 9/10 days out of Looney Bin tommow is my last day.
I went out to the wreck site today. There are still 5 locomotives laying around out there. There was also something else I think may have been a sixth locomotive. There still appeared to be several cars, although it appears that many may have been taken away.
They moved BNSF 977 to a secondary siding at the north end of Kismet. This was the last locomotive on the M RICBAR. It stayed on the tracks but was severly damaged by tank cars hitting it. It is a good thing nobody was in that cab. Just about the entire conductor’s side is gone.
I have not heard anything in a while about the condition of the two crew members who were severly injured.
Thanks for the update.
Does it look like the locos can ever be used again or are they total gonners? [?]
The wreck site is a few hundred feet from the nearest public road, so I cannot get a good look at the locomotives there. There were 2 SD40-2s and a GP30 that remained on the tracks and appeared to have little damage, these left a long time ago. I keep meaning to take Amtrak through there to get a better look but I have not gotten around to doing it.
BNSF 977’s cab is pretty well demolished, like I said it is a good thing no one was in there. There appears to be little damage behind the cab, although I will not be able to examine the frame to see if it is bent. I would guess whether it is economical to repair this locomotive would depend on the frame. The three locomotives that suffered little damage were in front of this one, so I would say the lead locomotives bore the brunt of the collision. The major damage to BNSF 977 came from the tankcars following it coming up over the frame and into the cab.
It has been a week and a half since the wreck and BNSF does not seem to be in a hurry to get those locomotives to a shop. I am no expert, but that does not seem like good news for them.
It would be interesting to hear from someone who has had experience in cleaning up derailments.