| Posted by thewiz on August 2, 2012 | |
Better call Sheriff Andy.
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| Posted by BNK on August 2, 2012 | |
I did notice there is an open pocket on the hopper at the bottom left hand of the picture. I know they are always to be closed and secured before movement. I wonder what the chances are that one was open and fell off causing a derailment?
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Possibly either picking a switch or sun kink.
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After studying this picture I am inclined to believe that one or more of those cars picked the switch. As for the hopper door being open you may very well find that was caused by the sheer impact of the stop. All of those cars came to a complete stop in just seconds. The force would be stong enough to rip doors right off their hinges.
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After studing the photo it seems as the wagons have run through the points or maybe a waggon axle has broken.
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Look between the switch motors and you will see a kink in the track, either caused by the sun or by the derailment?
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Given the heat this summer I still wouldn't rule out heat causing the rail to kink or buckle
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Given the heat this summer I still wouldn't rule out heat causing the rail to kink or buckle
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Having been here twice in the last two days to see what's going on, I can tell you that it was indeed a heat kink. We'd been in a daily heating/nightly cooling pattern, then Tuesday was cool all day. As soon as it got hot on Wednesday, this happened. The kink was between the two switches. If you'd like pictures from the OLS train before this happened, check out Access North GA news!
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| Posted by patrick on August 3, 2012 | |
The Conductor told the Dispatcher that there was a kink in the rail in the plant between to the crossover switches. The "official" cause had not been released.
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| Posted by on August 5, 2012 | |
Rail likes to run up at rigid places like turnouts and crossovers. I've never heard of this "sun kink" you're talking about :) Don't you mean a "solar irregularity"?
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