UP trains collide in San Antonio

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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FYI…

Today’s (Monday, May 3) Trains News Wire includes a photo of the UP collision and subsequent derailment into the San Antonio River. To read it, click here.

Erik

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thanks Bergie
stay safe
joe

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Lucky nobody was seriously injured.

4

Good thing nobody injured badly since that’s the last thing we want to happen.

Willy

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I understand this happened at a passing siding. Did this location once have full double track? Was this switch guarded by automatic block, or were the signals turned off sometime as an economy move? Thanks.

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sounds like UP is starting to relive the days of the early 90s meltdown… 1 head on a week…and trains outlawing all over the place…
csx engineer

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well its UP
wat u expect
tipicall stupidty

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My daughter in law works a couple of blocks from the crash site. She said there was a strong smell of diesel outside, and there were dump trucks hauling off junk all day. I can’t remember exactly what the derailed cars contained, but none of it was hazardous. Evidently there have been complaints from the public about that area. Wish I could be there to see how they’re gonna get those locomotives out of the river. That ought to be interesting.

One more thing…I live right on that line, about 90 miles west in Schulenburg. I had my scanner on all evening just to see how railroads handle that sort of thing. It sounded like it was driving the dispatcher from Spring nuts trying to get the trains rerouted of find a place for them to stop. But this morning about 5:00 they were coming through town heading west again, so I guess the track is at least clear.

mike

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Well, in case you were wondering new power laws did come into effect, which stated when the train runs over the circuit to turn on the signal, an electric zap would be sent to a gerbal in the signal which would make it run around a wheel and the electricity generated by this action would light the signal.

It jsut so happened that the Gerbal Died yesturday of heart related causes, and although the electrical current made it, the gerbal was dead, and he didn’t turn the wheel, so there was no light displayed.

Bark the Gerbal will be missed saddly by many people, he did in his secondyear of Up service.