Re: UP Derailment @ Colfax, CA
Author: Stevo del Applegato
Date: 01-20-2013 - 14:18

Amtrak 6 is at Roseville - will probably be annulled. Offending train was westbound stack that piled a few cars at, and just west of the Grass Valley Street crossing in Colfax. I didn't want to chance going too close, but it appears perhaps 5 or 6 cars involved. Some are leaning over at bit. It seems that there is no hazmat involved.

The real headscratcher is a well car about 5 ahead of the piled cars. It's one of a set of individual cars connected to the next with a solid drawbar. This car is missing the entire truck - frame, wheelsets and all. The car is resting on its frame, with the truck nowhere to be seen. Aside from that, there's no obvious damage. The next few cars are on the rails, then the derailment.

As of 1300, Dobbas equipment was being staged in the small UP MOW area just west of the derailment.

sda



Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  UP Derailment @ Colfax, CA Dave W 01-20-2013 - 11:49
  Re: UP Derailment @ Colfax, CA MP 44.7 01-20-2013 - 12:48
  Re: UP Derailment @ Colfax, CA Dave W 01-20-2013 - 13:58
  Re: UP Derailment @ Colfax, CA Stevo del Applegato 01-20-2013 - 14:18
  Re: UP Derailment - Sac Bee news story Jon 01-20-2013 - 15:31
  @Stevo P. Kepler 01-20-2013 - 21:01
  Re: @Stevo smitty195 01-20-2013 - 21:18
  Re: @Stevo Kevin H. 01-21-2013 - 09:20
  Re: @Stevo mook 01-21-2013 - 10:59
  Colfax Derailment mook 01-20-2013 - 21:21
  Re: Colfax Derailment Stevo del Applegato 01-21-2013 - 09:03
  tie plates... common sense 01-21-2013 - 11:49
  Re: tie plates... The Unprofessional Iconoclast 01-21-2013 - 13:15
  Re: tie plates... ex-BN 01-21-2013 - 13:15
  Re: tie plates... common sense 01-21-2013 - 13:32
  Re: tie plates... WAF 01-21-2013 - 15:30
  Enough ex-BN 01-21-2013 - 17:38
  Re: Enough trainjunkie 01-21-2013 - 19:07
  Re: Enough smitty195 01-23-2013 - 03:57
  Re: Enough ex-ICG 01-22-2013 - 09:25
  Re: Enough E=MC2 01-22-2013 - 10:36
  Re: tie plates... smitty195 01-21-2013 - 15:50
  Re: tie plates... P. Kepler 01-21-2013 - 19:55
  Re: tie plates... Roddy 01-22-2013 - 16:07
  Re: tie plates...train orders DRA 01-22-2013 - 17:14
  Re: tie plates...train orders O 01-22-2013 - 18:06
  Re: tie plates...train orders ex-BN 01-22-2013 - 19:01
  Re: tie plates...train orders Observer 01-22-2013 - 19:14
  Re: tie plates... Jim Speaker 01-22-2013 - 22:28


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