WURR-INPR RDCs
Author: RDC
Date: 07-06-2013 - 19:25

All three still in small UP yard in front of cement plant at Durkee clearly visible from I-84 and frontage road.

East to west as they now sit:

#10 - no apparent visible damage from recent derailment
#11 - rear/west pilot damaged, apparently this end was derailed
#31 (originally Great Northern RDC3) looks like both ends had derailed, front/west end missing coupler and draft gear.

Rumor has it that they were coupled to a tank car that had almost rolled over, presumably behind the #31. These RDCs not equipped with diaphragms, but did have spring loaded crossover platforms. #31's front crossover platform ripped off car - was this the result of being coupled to a (tank?) car with shelf type couplers? RDC's have/had type H, but shelf couplers typically don't like being coupled to passenger cars. Did a dip in the track cause the crossover platform to override/hang up on the top of the adjacent shelf coupler contributing/causing the derailment?

Doubt they will be moved to INPR until the lawyers get done arguing.



Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  WURR-INPR RDCs RDC 07-06-2013 - 19:25
  Re: WURR-INPR RDCs Arlen Sheldrake 07-06-2013 - 23:43
  Re: WURR-INPR RDCs Mike M 07-08-2013 - 09:04
  Re: WURR-INPR RDCs SGB 07-08-2013 - 17:31


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