All I know is I didn’t see a train go by the house until well after dark.[|)]
According to postings on an Indiana Train website, it fell on the main while the worktrain was on the siding.
…Difficult to tell which is the “main”…Check out the photo back in Convicted One’s photo from a news report. Never the less, the incident has both tracks involved. I’m familiar where that is but don’t know which is the main…
I’ve seen it both ways. Small excavators will crawl over the ties inside the gondola and the larger ones will run along on the top of the sides. The picture looks like either a Cat 307 or 315 excavtor. IIRC, the 307 tracks are narrow enough to be inside, but the 315 isn’t. I don’t see any ties laying on the ground, which would suggest that the machine was sitting on ties and they shifted under it. That leaves riding on top. And as was suggested earlier the ground idlers are different on rubber vs steel tracks. One other obvious thing to keep in mind. The steel tracks will support the machine even when only the outside edge of the track is in contact, and the rubber tracks won’t, so the rubber tracks have a smaller margin of error.
If I read my employee timetable correctly, the track on the West side is the main. If this took place between Muncie and Royerton, the photo is looking South and the St Rd 3 overpass is in the background, then yes it fell on the main.
Yes, for the location…South of Royerton. And again, I agree we’re looking south at the bypass overpass. Old 3 there is rather close to the tracks but I’ve just never tried to see which side the “main” is located of the two tracks.
I have gone over several times, but still can’t remember. [
] Good thing they make ETTs.