Full Version: Train Derail At Wash 38 To 40
Pictures courtisy of Mike Gilmore.........some time this morning 2-14-07 at wash 38 to 40 a train derailed.
O snap! Its not easy to derail one of those with a penny is it 
HOLY CRAP! It wasn't my quarter that effed it up, I swear.
Is it me or does it seem like there are alot of train derailments out there?
Oh my goodness!
I guess sometimes things happen...
Hey Tim, think you can drag one of those containers to the ComPound?
Anybody wanna re-think the Night Train thing yet? 
I'm rethinking how close I camp to the tracks. Last time I was close and thought about something like this happen. How often does it happen?
Imagine standing there doin the nught train thing when that happens?
That would definately qualify as a bad day.
That would definately qualify as a bad day.
Damm! Thats where I camp. I hope they make quick work of the cleanup!
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Is it me or does it seem like there are alot of train derailments out there?
I was just thinking the exact same thing.
Another reason I'm against camping too close to the tracks. Heck, I can't stand driving down the wash road while a train is flying by either!
Glamispilot, Does this affect the Clyde crossing?
I never do night train at wash 39. 
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Glamispilot, Does this affect the Clyde crossing?
no i do not belive so mike gilmore said it was down around cactus crossing..hope this helps...Tim
my first thought was...
thats right where the crossing is! so what did the train run into that caused that? who parked on the tracks this time??????
thats right where the crossing is! so what did the train run into that caused that? who parked on the tracks this time??????
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my first thought was...
thats right where the crossing is! so what did the train run into that caused that? who parked on the tracks this time??????
This is right where the tracks split for passing (side spur).
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Glamispilot, Does this affect the Clyde crossing?
no i do not belive so mike gilmore said it was down around cactus crossing..hope this helps...Tim
Cactus crossing? I know of the crossing at wash 40 as Clyde crossing. Where is cactus xing?
I wonder if anything good was being transported???
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I wonder if anything good was being transported???
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Hey Tim, think you can drag one of those containers to the ComPound?
I'll take 2 please, I'll be there tomorrow
Tim called and said no Robbie, sorry I tried.
Does anyone know if there were any injuries? My friend(& board member here) is an engineer for Union Pacific & this is a route he runs. I hope he was not hurt or anyone else in the accident... 
What was the cause of derail???how does this happen.
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Tim called and said no Robbie, sorry I tried.
Burned again....
We're working on it...
Maybe thats why all those polaris quads are so ugly. A freight train carrying a shipment of polaris's derailed and mashed all the plastics. 
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Glamispilot, Does this affect the Clyde crossing?
no i do not belive so mike gilmore said it was down around cactus crossing..hope this helps...Tim
Cactus crossing? I know of the crossing at wash 40 as Clyde crossing. Where is cactus xing?
Yep, Clyde is between 39 - 40. Cactus is between 63 - 64.
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Maybe thats why all those polaris quads are so ugly. A freight train carrying a shipment of polaris's derailed and mashed all the plastics.
I like them but I guess I'm just weird...
Call that a derailment is kind of an understatement. Looks like a full blown train wreck to me.
Holy crap what a mess!!!
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Call that a derailment is kind of an understatement. Looks like a full blown train wreck to me.
Maybe I'm just picky since my dad worked in the trackwork industry for a few years (He managed to pull Pettibone out of the red long enough to last for 3 more years until their competition bought a steel mill and was suddenly able to create track for less than Pettibone could get raw materials for.)
But I'd say a derailment is a specific type of wreck
Not any better, just more specific about what casued it.Derailments are pretty common out here in the desert. It's the temperature extremes the track is subjected to. From 120+ in the summer to below freezing just a few weeks ago. Like any material the steel in the tracks expands as it gets hot and contracts as it gets cold. That causes the spikes to get loose and things can slip out of alignment the next time it expands/contracts. They do regular maintance on the tracks but it's a lot of track and needs a lot of attention so sometimes things happen.
The looser material the tracks are on in this area doesn't help either. Once things start to get a little loose they can get a lot loose quick.
holy chit....kant wait to go see that hopefully they dont get it all cleaned up by saturday...
That's kinda like being a little bit pregnant.
Ouch.
So does anyone know if Clyde crossing is open?
hope so!
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Glamispilot, Does this affect the Clyde crossing?
no i do not belive so mike gilmore said it was down around cactus crossing..hope this helps...Tim
Cactus is wash 60 or so..... Not Clyde....
Any more info on whether Clyde Crossing is open??
WINTERHAVEN — A Union Pacific Railroad cargo train derailed near Ogilby and Ted Kipf roads near here late Tuesday, causing a 42-railroad car pileup and destroying 600 feet of track.
Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis said the accident occurred at 11:17 p.m. in the far southeast corner of Imperial County.
The train was carrying oceangoing containers filled with freight, including consumer goods and furniture, from Long Beach to West Memphis, Ark., at the time.
Davis had no estimate as to when the accident would be cleaned up. Until the track is cleared and replaced, Amtrak passengers from Los Angeles to Tucson, Ariz., will be temporarily rerouted.
Davis said there were no injuries.
Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis said the accident occurred at 11:17 p.m. in the far southeast corner of Imperial County.
The train was carrying oceangoing containers filled with freight, including consumer goods and furniture, from Long Beach to West Memphis, Ark., at the time.
Davis had no estimate as to when the accident would be cleaned up. Until the track is cleared and replaced, Amtrak passengers from Los Angeles to Tucson, Ariz., will be temporarily rerouted.
Davis said there were no injuries.
trains are running, trucks are pulling tripples out of the wash road now
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WINTERHAVEN — A Union Pacific Railroad cargo train derailed near Ogilby and Ted Kipf roads near here late Tuesday, causing a 42-railroad car pileup and destroying 600 feet of track.
Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis said the accident occurred at 11:17 p.m. in the far southeast corner of Imperial County.
The train was carrying oceangoing containers filled with freight, including consumer goods and furniture, from Long Beach to West Memphis, Ark., at the time.
Davis had no estimate as to when the accident would be cleaned up. Until the track is cleared and replaced, Amtrak passengers from Los Angeles to Tucson, Ariz., will be temporarily rerouted.
Davis said there were no injuries.
Sounds like a quiet weekend
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Call that a derailment is kind of an understatement. Looks like a full blown train wreck to me.
Maybe I'm just picky since my dad worked in the trackwork industry for a few years (He managed to pull Pettibone out of the red long enough to last for 3 more years until their competition bought a steel mill and was suddenly able to create track for less than Pettibone could get raw materials for.)
But I'd say a derailment is a specific type of wreck
Not any better, just more specific about what casued it.Derailments are pretty common out here in the desert. It's the temperature extremes the track is subjected to. From 120+ in the summer to below freezing just a few weeks ago. Like any material the steel in the tracks expands as it gets hot and contracts as it gets cold. That causes the spikes to get loose and things can slip out of alignment the next time it expands/contracts. They do regular maintance on the tracks but it's a lot of track and needs a lot of attention so sometimes things happen.
The looser material the tracks are on in this area doesn't help either. Once things start to get a little loose they can get a lot loose quick.
That makes sense.
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QUOTE(KingGlamis @ Feb 15 2007, 08:32 PM) [snapback]2141857[/snapback]
WINTERHAVEN — A Union Pacific Railroad cargo train derailed near Ogilby and Ted Kipf roads near here late Tuesday, causing a 42-railroad car pileup and destroying 600 feet of track.
Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis said the accident occurred at 11:17 p.m. in the far southeast corner of Imperial County.
The train was carrying oceangoing containers filled with freight, including consumer goods and furniture, from Long Beach to West Memphis, Ark., at the time.
Davis had no estimate as to when the accident would be cleaned up. Until the track is cleared and replaced, Amtrak passengers from Los Angeles to Tucson, Ariz., will be temporarily rerouted.
Davis said there were no injuries.
Sounds like a quiet weekend
I bet you could get some really nice stuff right now
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QUOTE(KingGlamis @ Feb 15 2007, 08:32 PM) [snapback]2141857[/snapback]
WINTERHAVEN — A Union Pacific Railroad cargo train derailed near Ogilby and Ted Kipf roads near here late Tuesday, causing a 42-railroad car pileup and destroying 600 feet of track.
Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis said the accident occurred at 11:17 p.m. in the far southeast corner of Imperial County.
The train was carrying oceangoing containers filled with freight, including consumer goods and furniture, from Long Beach to West Memphis, Ark., at the time.
Davis had no estimate as to when the accident would be cleaned up. Until the track is cleared and replaced, Amtrak passengers from Los Angeles to Tucson, Ariz., will be temporarily rerouted.
Davis said there were no injuries.
Sounds like a quiet weekend
I bet you could get some really nice stuff right now
its allready cleared and trains are running again there just picking up the peices
Think there will still be stuff there tomorrow that they hvent cleaned up yet?
ouch that sucks
It is wash 38-40 'clyde crossing'. As of 6PM thursday CA time, clyde crossing doesn't exhist.
Back in the 60's, there was a wreck on the same line by the Salton Sea near Bombay Beach... my uncle picked up enough ceiling tiles to do his entire house at B.B. 'Course they turned out to have asbestos in 'em, but WTF...
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I'm rethinking how close I camp to the tracks. Last time I was close and thought about something like this happen. How often does it happen?
it happens alot more than what you see on tv. i'm a train conductor and go thru down the yuma
sub a few times a month a 70mph 6,000 ton train train is nothing to mess with
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