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Mudslide derails BNSF train in Washington State
The derailment was actually caught on video and is posted on the Seattle Times website. Amazing video.
An interesting story on the video. There was an engineering crew waiting in that parking lot for the train to pass before they did a site walk to determine the stability of the slope. One of the engineers was making the video to document the water running off the cliff and that is how he captured the slide and derailment.
Vision of the incident is available if one Google’s “mudslide derails freight train”. The person taking the video must have been in the right spot at the right time. Slide is captured descending from the top of the hill into the side of the stack cars.
Vision of the incident is available if one Google’s “mudslide derails freight train”. The person taking the video must have been in the right spot at the right time. Slide is captured descending from the top of the hill into the side of the stack cars.
Jeffery, Jeffery, Jeffery:
I have not read the Newswire postings in over two months and the first thing I see upon my return is your continuing tirade against Amtrak and your pro-bus crapola.
Tell me, Jeffery - don’t you have a life? I have this vision of you buried in your little Illinois basement posting on various boards your very myopic vision of transportation in this country.
Or Jeffery
are you just sleeping with the bus industry in your little basement?
I learned long ago that those who post the same song over-and-over soon lose their credibility. Yours was shot long ago.
I wish you the best - time to get on with your life, Jeffery.
Jeff Guse does have a life, but its from the cab of his orange Schneider truck. He even might be stuck in some snow storm.
Don’t pick on Guse. I enjoy his silly and hilarious political rhetoric.
Jeff, keep the nonsense coming and keep on trucking!!!
Mr. Guse,
Amtrak has NO SAY in whether or not their trains will run.
This is a rule that is mandated by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad, the owner of the tracks that Amtrak runs on.
It would be quite helpful if you would actually read the articles!
The video of the slide and derailment if attached to this story would be a great Yuletide gift…
this is my second video of a slide, tho’ mine was nothin’ compared to this.
That trackage on both sides of the Thompson near the confluence with the Frasier on the CNR has iconic concrete slide sheds…everyone should enjoy the sight of it.
I grabbed a few seconds of approach and then framed the end of a short shed to get the engine leaving it. As I looked at the approaching train (sulpher mtys) a chunk of the canyon wall above the shed broke. The shed was in the correct location; most, except a few small rocks, of the slide funnelled into the Thompson. I hit “record”; got a few seconds.
My guess is the crew didn,t see it; the train just kept on, keeping on, highball.
Keep the 26 mty beds in Newtown in mind, no visions of sugar plums there.
Would some bigtime snowsheds/mudsheds help the situation in these slide-prone areas?
There’s a video up on Youtube of the slide derailing the train.
Amazing how things always get cleaned up immediately for private sector free market freight railroading. While Amtrak and commuter service has to wait because a bunch of self justified government pencil pushers are looking for new ways to keep their jobs. Stopping the train because I said so is a good way to justify your job as long as you can convince enough people you are doing it for “safety.”
Meanwhile, what was not mentioned is how those private sector bus companies manage to show up on very short notice with their transportation. If the bus is always available, without subsidy, then why do we need Amtrak? Keep in mind the bus company pays into the Highway Trust (Congressional Slush) Fund, just like every other commercial user of the roads, including trucks, which everybody hates but still wants their stuff. While the freight railroads and the taxpayers have to subsidize Amtrak.
Video was something to see. Thank God the units had passed.
Check out you tube for the video of the actual derail
CNN has a cool video of this incident.
Here is video from that derailment:
CNN has a great video of this happening, showing the slide knocking the cars off the track, a double stack.
For Jeffery Guse - BNSF the “private sector free market freight railroading” operation has a rule that no Amtrak or Sounder commuter service may operate through an area affected by a mud slide until 48 hours after the last mud slide. I am certain the “bunch of self justified government pencil pushers” would much prefer that the trains operate as soon as freight trains are allowed through an affected area.
"The private sector bus companies … " do not “… show up on very short notice with their transportation.” Sound Transit, the same public system that oversees the commuter rail service, operates the substitute buses as it also normally operates an extensive bus system in the area.
Without the publicly funded Sound Transit (and Metro Transit) operating in Seattle/King County, Everett/Snohomish County and Tacoma/Pierce County, the highway rush hour traffic in Western Washington would be in even worse shape than it is.
Rhey - well said! I agree with you 100%! I am as sick of Mr Guse as everybody else.
Thank you, Rhey.
Yes, it is disheartening to go to the "comments"section of any story, only to find these repetitive, off-topic rantings. It distracts from the rest of the comments; with their firsthand reminisences, (relevant) questions and/or insights.
Especially so when this “add you comments” heading clearly says that irrelevant comments (which, really, yours and mine could be so included, too) will be deleted. The “Newswire” and its comment section are informative and interesting features of being as TARINS subscriber. It is a pity that it is so often hijacked for a personal vendetta.