SIGH Let’s just put 'em here instead of having so many other threads. [sigh] [}:)] [;)]
So here it is, your one stop for CSX derailments. What the heck…
The one in Rochester, NY.
Nice idea, but I doubt that it will work. By the time the next accident happens, this thread will have found its way into obscurity, so the poster will take the easier route of just starting a new thread.
Last month someone started a “Where is it” thread for people to ask where particular locomotives were. I have since seen at least two threads from people asking a “Where is it” kind of question.
Ah, well, maybe with a good indexing system, or even the use of sticky threads, an idea like this would work.
The one in Shepardsville, Kentucky.
Some pictures of the runaway in KY.
The one in Bullit County, Kentucky.
The one in Boone CO. West Virginia.
The interesting thing is that all of these CSX wrecks are occurring right as the DC government is talking about rerouting hazardous shipments around the District of Columbia. The stated reason for this is “terrorism,” but I really wonder given the low odds of a successful terrorist attack on a train carrying hazardous material, if they are really concerned that CSX will have a wreck with a hazardous material train in DC like they did in Baltimore (without the benefit of having the train in a tunnel) and are just using “terrorism” as an excuse.
C-rash
S-top
X-plode
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And of course, there is this to consider…
I am not sure if this isn’t off-topic, but yesterday (January 23, 2007) a federal judge held a hearing to determine whether The DC’s law banning hazmat shipments by rail through Washington, DC should be allowed to go into effect. The connection here is CSX controls the freight line that goes through the DC, and who knows, last week’s rash of derailments, fires, and evacuations on the CSX in Kentucky may have refueled a move to put the law banning the shipment of hazmats by rail through Washington, DC into effect.
In 2005 the DC City Council passed a law banning rail shipments of hazmats through Washington, DC, but it I believe it was stayed on appeal so it never went into effect.
CSX argued, and rightly so, that the DC City Council had no authority to pass a law banning hazmat rail shipments through DC. However, if that law is allowed to go into effect it could prompt other cities to pass similar laws and tie up rail shipments.
Not off topic at all. This makes one think, IF this were to happen, all the railroads would have to make a bypass around all the major cities. What a waste…
What’s the story behind that picture?
Precisely why the Constitution puts the authority to regulate interstate commerce in the hands of Congress - and why the negative commerce clause prohibits states from discrimination against interstate commerce. All shipments of hazardous material would cease if any city could ban their shipment. If an action to bar hazardous rail shipments through major cities (and in light of the Howard Street tunnel fire in Baltimore it may not be a totally bad idea to bar through shipments through highly populated areas) its going to have to be done by Congress - who is going to have to cover the bill for rerouting them (and likely new line construction).
Dunno, I think Godzilla kicked it.
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Am I the only one who has noticed how funny this thread title is?
King Kong could beat Godzilla up!
I think that it was an intentional play on words by railfan. But I thought that it was pretty cute too.
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