http://208.69.231.186/Locopicture.aspx?id=13880 rrpicturearchives
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1%2C5878676
hulcher services is a contractor that does derailments. they have an office in denton I think but I'm not gonna check. idler wheels = non powered axles since it derailed (not connected to traction motor)
I thought I'd post this cause why not. By a month ago I mean a literal 30 days ago. August 23. I read a reddit post on it 4 months ago when I frequented /r/trains semi often. Wasn't too hard to refind.
of course the redditor's friend is some heifer
trains derail every day. i thought it'd be interesting plus I remembered the reddit post.
3 days ago there was a cpkc derailment near greenville tx. (Greenville subdivision, dallas (wylie)-shreveport). bunch of autoracks. someone at kcs wylie said total damages was at 30 mil so far (not mine). some sources say 31+ cars some say 29, cleared up by now.
cpkc175 = mile marker 175. And would you look at that it it looks exactly like the place in the drone footage. LAT, LONG = 33.14304, -96.187599
you can see that curved tree line and road and everything else.
The usdot has a map of mile markers https://datahub.transportation.gov/Railroads/Rail-Mileposts/q97d-bh4x
Map data -
colldate - I'm not sure
railroad - reporting mark
milepost - milepost number
source - source of the data probably. not sure about some but I can tell some of the data
lat - latitude
stfips - FIPS state code. For Texas it would be 48.
long - longitude
stcyfips - state and county fips code. For Hunt County it would be 48231
ending here cause I don't have any more time.
i forgot maybe some people don't know what autoracks are so I'll just name a few cars
autoracks - cars
loaded by a ramp and they drive em through each car filling em up. the ones in europe look different but these are the ones you'll see in america. can have 2 or three levels
Intermodals/IMs/stackers - for intermodal containers
may or may not have a solid floor.
hoppers - self explanatory easy unloading by gravity. chutes on bottom. grain coal, etc. can be covered or uncovered
boxcars - self explanatory
gondalas - walled roofless car
tankers - liquid/gas commodities
utlx is union tank car company's reporting mark assigned by the AAR (Association of American Railroads). because they're a leasing company their mark ends in x.
flatcars - self explanatory
(unavailable here, it's trailers getting unloaded)
centerbeam - flatcar with a center support. usually lumber. can cause problems like stringlining and other derailments more often. see here. due to weight of empties i think
refridgerated cars /reefers - boxcars with temperature control
there are other cars but these are the main ones
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
Now this is autism posting
I'm all for it
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
do not hump
for hump yards. they get slammed pretty hard to couple.
many reasons why a car can't be humped
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
that's actually really neat
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
how do u feel about model railroads?
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
love em but i don't have one myself
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
They take up an obscene amount of space and are so time consuming, but very worth it. I had to wait until I could afford a space to put up a little 13 X 10 L in HO. The ~20k in hidden costs of climate controlled square footage is the real killer
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
i miss the days were trains were so simple
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
trains
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
Great post. I bet driving the truck hauling that train is a fricking b-word.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
Imagine how awesome it must feel to drive a truck.
What fun- manually shifting through like thirty gears.
I'm not being sarcastic.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
Very cool, thank you very much for sharing. Sincerely.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips.
Snapshots:
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1%2C5878676:
ghostarchive.org
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
reddit post:
undelete.pullpush.io
ghostarchive.org
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
/r/trains:
undelete.pullpush.io
ghostarchive.org
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
:
ghostarchive.org
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
:
ghostarchive.org
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
:
ghostarchive.org
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
:
ghostarchive.org
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
:
ghostarchive.org
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
:
ghostarchive.org
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
:
ghostarchive.org
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context