Baby Deltic Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Some pictures I took a few years back when I was working at the Tyson Foods plant in Goodlettville, TN. There had been a train wreck recently where a freight train derailed and swiped another waiting in a passing loop  Report here:http://www.fra.dot.gov/rrs/downloads/Safety/Accident_Investigations/2007AIReports/hq200767.pdf  I got a few piccies whilst they were removing the wreckage, plus a couple of shots from the factory roof:                 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted June 12, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 12, 2012 It looks much like when a covered hopper has fallen off the edge of the layout! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 It is amazing how fragile underframes and track are when dynamic forces are at work in a derailment. Everything is going fine until something leaves the rails then a eirie smoke-like red dusk begins to rise and wagons begin to snake about outside of the loading gauge. It isn't how we normally see the world of trains and it's rather scary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 12, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 12, 2012 It is amazing how fragile underframes and track are when dynamic forces are at work in a derailment. Everything is going fine until something leaves the rails then a eirie smoke-like red dusk begins to rise and wagons begin to snake about outside of the loading gauge. It isn't how we normally see the world of trains and it's rather scary. The worrying ones are those where what are normally recognisable pieces of vehicle vanish - like axles without any wheels or an inability to find any 16ton mineral wagons more than a foot or so high. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 Bridge parapets are always a favourite for reducing the dimensions of railway vehicles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 As do other, also moving railway vehicles... Â Indeed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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