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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.

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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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RDC Wrote:
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> 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.

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