Re: Recent derailments at Albany, Oregon
Author: Charles Bonville
Date: 05-26-2010 - 20:03
George Andrews Wrote:
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> Is this one of those deals where each RR ( U.P. &
> PWRR ) says " it's the other guy's track ", and it
> never gets fixed ??? Expect a visit from the FRA
> very soon...
No, the P&W is clearly responsible for the yard track. The April incident was a human factor incident, and the May incident was due to the track... a section of track that has had a few other incidents in recent years.
I'm not sure if this would be likely to get FRA attention or not. It's my impression that, on a national scale, the FRA has bigger fish to chase.