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It appears several auto carriers from today’s northbound auto train derailed and overturned today just south of Deland station. Thankfully all passenger cars are still on the tracks. Train derails near DeLand
Curious how much, if any vehicle damage was done.Additional media posting indicating no injuries Amtrak train with car carriers derails in DeLand
Curious how much, if any vehicle damage was done.
I'm wondering if they were empty though, being at the end of the train, and the lower numbers of travelers.Definitely damaged vehicles. Auto Racks are on their side.
If the train was not full, the empty auto racks would be at the end of the train.
To place loaded cars behind a string of empty cars is asking for trouble.
Not being very savy about railroading, why are you saying this?
Dont think I'd want to head North to New York right now if I was in Florida, so maybe these folks on the Star were fortunate!They cancelled the Silver Star No. 92 at Tampa and sent it back south to Miami. I'm shocked they didn't send it up the S Line non-stop to Jacksonville. Had 91 been doing that I would be buying a ticket for 91 tonight. I want that milage
Auto Rack are tall and long they are not the best railcars due to there center of gravity to begin with. When pulling a long train you group the empty cars to the rear. This way the engines will not “torque” the empty cars off the rail. Pulling power, a string of empty, followed by loaded railcars creates bad physics on curves. Can and does flip railcars into the ditch. There are rules for how trains are to be set up, just to avoid this issue.
They cancelled the Silver Star No. 92 at Tampa and sent it back south to Miami. I'm shocked they didn't send it up the S Line non-stop to Jacksonville. Had 91 been doing that I would be buying a ticket for 91 tonight. I want that milage
There were TWO freight derailments on the Horseshoe Curve west of Altoona PA last year. In both cases there were multiple empty car haulers (in this case open, not closed like the AutoTrain's) near the front of the consist. These were followed by a long, heavy contingent of mostly full boxcars, fuel carriers, etc. In both cases, that's what was suspected as the cause. Trainyard dispatchers should know better.
There were TWO freight derailments on the Horseshoe Curve west of Altoona PA last year. In both cases there were multiple empty car haulers (in this case open, not closed like the AutoTrain's) near the front of the consist. These were followed by a long, heavy contingent of mostly full boxcars, fuel carriers, etc. In both cases, that's what was suspected as the cause. Trainyard dispatchers should know better.
Are you getting to work Cliff or are you " @ Leisure" like so many of us right now??On 97 tonight. Was heading to PAK, we're terminating at JAX. I'm arranging a rental car.
(Also, 53 went through RVR at about 2130 and stopped for a few minutes. VERY odd...)
The snowbirds are headed home. Ridership NB heavy every day. This also means likely very few empty Auto racks since the heavier ridership is NB...I find it extremely hard to believe 294 pax were on the train. I could see 2 or 9 or 4.
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