Just saw this on the web: http://www.businessinsider.com/train-derails-and-explodes-in-lynchburg-virginia-2014-4
Not sure if NS or CSX as I’m not familiar with the area. Links to photos and a brief video in the link above.
Downtown Lynchburg, Va next to the James River. I’m not sure if the railroad. It looks like tank cars again. http://www.wset.com/story/25392359/train-has-derailed-in-lynchburg Rgds IGN
Link activated.
I saw the black tank cars and thought…here we go again.
The railroad is CSX. And according to ABC News and AP it is believed 3 or 4 have been breached. 13 or 14 cars detailed. The cargo is said to be crude oil. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/train-catches-fire-lynchburg-va-derailment-23535898 Rgds IGN
PS CNW 6000 thanks for getting the links for me. The mobile site will not activate links. Thx IGN
There is live coverage here: http://www.wset.com/category/282231/livestream-page
Right about here: N 37.41504 W 79.13831.
One of the pictures posted with one of the stories notes “a lot of stopped trains.” But the loco is NS. There’s a lot of railroading in Lynchburg, and it’s not always easy to figure out what line you’re looking for/at.
Comment. It looks like the tanks cars derailed to the riverside of the tracks with the body of the cars on their sides. With either the wheels and/or trucks still on the tracks. Last comment The speed of the Internet. This wreck happened at appox 145pm ET. At 152 pm there were at first glance 6 or 7 listings on Google. At 2pm there were over 150 listings on Google. Doesn’t sound as though any injuries just a big mess to clean up. Rgds IGN
I think we are all assuming DOT 111 cars . Is there any evidence to the contrary?
Randy
The pictures on the link make it appear that the cars have the newer top fittings. I couldn’t read reporting marks and numbers, which would tell me for sure.
Having been to Lynchburg only once, I can’t be too sure, but gut reaction says that if it’s a main line parallel to the [James] River, as it appears to be, it’s CSX (old C&O).
With the weather the East has been getting the past couple of days - being adjacent to a river bank - a washout would not be unheard of.
Looks Like BaltACD may be spot-on on, about a wash out.
Judging from the News Video (linked by OP). View from across the river shows a pretty good wash out area under the tracks; at the point just behind the three tank cars in the river.
From the “live feed” linked above, the leaked/ spilled oil appears to on fire - quite a conflagration, flames reported to be as high as 80 ft. ! - and some of the oil appears to have reached the river and is burning on the surface. Quite a mess to clean up (and not just the one at that site, either - more “fuel” for the regulators and politicians, unfortunately).
- Paul North.
One of the eye witnessess did say it looked like a tank car suddenly dropped as if the support went out from under it.
EO 29:
It is not allowed to rain on train tracks anymore.
Did CSX give permission for it to rain on the tracks or did the rain just go on the tracks?
Here is a quick reaction:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2014/crude-oil-transport-04-30-2014.html
CBTX741526 on train. Should be CPC1232 compliant and completely resistant to breaching during derailment.
let the next round of NPR’s commence
It was the CSX but NS has a connector for interchange right by the accident site. The pictures of the stopped NS trains have no relevance to the accident what so ever. It just happened to be a busy day on the Piedmont Division that had to contend with track work as well. The area was not to bad once the fire was out but oil was still leaking into the river. DOT Placard was 1267 and one reporting mark I pulled was CTCX 735971. Head end was stopped about 3/4 to a mile away. 2-3 BNSF units up front but I couldn’t get close enough to confirm count or road numbers.
By Euclid on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 Here is a quick reaction: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2014/crude-oil-transport-04-30-2014.html This bunch is whistling in the dark. They assume it is Bakken crude with no confirmation. (Yes it probably is Bakken crude.BNSF power) . Rgds IGN