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Re: VCRR is falling apart really bad.
Author: ron
Date: 09-30-2019 - 21:55
Johnathan Wrote:
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> Me and my wife walked the VCRR in Oxnard the other
> day and that RR line is falling into great
> despair. We found between Oxnard blvd and Channel
> Islands Blvd, Tie plates and spikes gone and
> falling out of the track's rails. Is that from
> heavy locomotives and tri levels
> loaded with BMW's and other vehicles causing that?
>
>
> A big 6 car derailment happened a few months ago
> past wooley road by the UP shoving cars past that
> crossing and spit a switch and came back through
> and rolled over 6 tri levels on there sides and on
> the ground. Very terrible conditions exist. Does
> the FRA do anything anymore allowing commerce to
> be put in jeopardy?
Are you a qualified track inspector? Do you know the track safety standards for class 1 track? The minimum non defective crossties in a 39 ft. section of track? What constitutes a non defective crosstie? Railroad track can look bad to the average person and still be legal and safe to run trains. How do you and your wife know "very terrible conditions exist" if your not qualified to inspect track and know basic track safety standards part 213? If there was a recent reportable derailment caused by defective track conditions you can be sure the FRA has inspected the track and determined it safe to run trains.
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> Me and my wife walked the VCRR in Oxnard the other
> day and that RR line is falling into great
> despair. We found between Oxnard blvd and Channel
> Islands Blvd, Tie plates and spikes gone and
> falling out of the track's rails. Is that from
> heavy locomotives and tri levels
> loaded with BMW's and other vehicles causing that?
>
>
> A big 6 car derailment happened a few months ago
> past wooley road by the UP shoving cars past that
> crossing and spit a switch and came back through
> and rolled over 6 tri levels on there sides and on
> the ground. Very terrible conditions exist. Does
> the FRA do anything anymore allowing commerce to
> be put in jeopardy?
Are you a qualified track inspector? Do you know the track safety standards for class 1 track? The minimum non defective crossties in a 39 ft. section of track? What constitutes a non defective crosstie? Railroad track can look bad to the average person and still be legal and safe to run trains. How do you and your wife know "very terrible conditions exist" if your not qualified to inspect track and know basic track safety standards part 213? If there was a recent reportable derailment caused by defective track conditions you can be sure the FRA has inspected the track and determined it safe to run trains.
