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Trains News Wire EXCLUSIVE: Experimental ‘Arrowedge’ container receives unexpected durability testing
A 20’ container can be made from the good end.
A 19’ high load will NOT go under an 18’6" overpass. Simple physics.
Yes , 19 foot will fit under any bridge if the train goes really really fast. Another law of physics Ira.
If the big end was the leading edge, it was indeed facing backwards. Both ends are theoretically the same heights for handling purposes…how time the trailing end is damaged? Maybe the lower container was not properly sitting in the well, with timbers or other things not cleaned out of the well. Surely they didn’t double stack it on a 89’ container flat…
Looks fine to me. I like this design better,LOL!
Looking at the damage, it also looks like it was placed on the car facing backwards.
No mention was made about damage to the bridges.
Did they survive undamaged?
What is with the two typos? Please proof read before finalizing the copy.
What is with the two typos? Please proof read before finalizing the copy.
Did anyone else think about the joke in which the truck driver says, “No officer, I was trying to deliver this bridge when I ran out of fuel…”
I caught a photo of one of these on a westbound freight in Arizona on 3-6-14.
Maybe the contraption was facing forward, but the wedge end (frame and all) fit the overpasses, then got caught as forward motion progressed, pushing the back against the container behind, which (after three strikes!) offered enough resistance to bend the fairing gizmo upward and push it off the train.
It seems pretty apparent to me that the larger end was facing forwards, or backwards of it’s intended design. It’s not like some moron stacked it on wrong, it should have never been in the train, and likely wasn’t even there based on the crew’s paperwork, so it didn’t come up as excessive dimension for the route. All this “maybe the container wasn’t in there correctly” stuff is ludacris. Obviously the car was misrouted and it got a little taken off the top. Certainly hasn’t ever happened to scores of autoracks running through St. Louis over the past 30 years or anything.
Good show, Uncle Pete! Please don’t send any of those thingies over BNSF’s Maria’s Pass. We do value our snow sheds.
Might have this analysed by some university aerodynamics department or “honestly officer, I did not see that steel chomping monster…”
I hope TRAINS is able to come up with a factual report as to what happened. It is my understanding and observation that UP double stack trains are regularly run over this by-pass (and only way) around Milwaukee. I also understand that the ArroWedges are run in pairs at both ends of the train giving it the “canoe” affect when moving through the air. The local media has been very poor in reporting and so far shows no interest in following up with the facts. It has not been reported as to what agencies are investigating the incident so it looks like there will be no public report even though tax supported assets were damaged.
OOPS!
More green idea BS! UP(and others) trying to “go green”. What the hell? Sorry to terrorize the greenies but, progress works! Why don`t you? Sometimes, a meager fuel savings is just not worth the time. How heavy is this stupid thing? Better to save that weight then worry about airflow.(at 50MPH?) I start to worry about such things at 80+ in an auto, but a train? Get a life! Just a few of my thoughts. Robbie in Wyoming