Dave,
Glad you asked as I got in RR mode telling the story.
The 1x14x16 ( I know the size of the board keeps changing,it was wide,thin and
long. Sailed like a kite) that went airborne came off the shifted load. That
load was just a few cars ahead of the Q bulk head flat with the pr of wheels
off. Some of the banding on the lumber had broken,it had both shifted
lengthwise on the car and some was resting against the box car behind.
Leo
Sent from my iPad
> On Apr 23, 2014, at 11:31 PM, Cy Svobodny <ctsvobodny@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> These make for good reading, even for a railroader.
> On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 11:16 PM, Dave Lotz <Dave_Lotz@bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
>
> Leo,
>
> Interesting account, and most fortunate indeed! In the third paragraph you
> mention a shifted load for the first time. Did the load shift due to the
> derailment? Where in the train was the shifted load located?
>
> Dave Lotz
> Pooler, GA
>
> [Dave Lotz] -----Original Message-----
> From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Leo
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 8:09 PM
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CBQ] Close call 1
>
>
> The list is fairly quiet so in the interest of generating conversation and
> explaining how "it used to be" here's a close call I was a part of:
>
> we were coming down Sugar Grove hill eastbound into Aurora one sunny early
> spring morning.
> The train was definitely being operated at track speed or maybe a hair
> over,just a hair over. The grass was starting to turn and the sky was blue.
> Sitting on the left side of the w/c I observed what appeared to be a 1x 12
> x16 go airborne about the approach signal for the Aurora siding at Barnes
> road. I mentioned same to Lewis who thought for a second and advised,over the
> radio for the hogger to"stop the train". When we stopped we went to the back
> door and observed our worst fears. The ties were cut behind us. That meant we
> had a wheel on the ground. Lewis said to me "you know we are lucky" , I asked
> why? He said if we got on the elevation with all those switches we'd be on
> the ground with cars on the streets below.
>
> I walked up and approx 12-15 ahead of the w/c was an mty Q bulk head flat
> with one pair of wheels off the rails at probably 60 mph or better. Joe
> Arrington,the asst supt happened to be in his office at Aurora depot and
> heard our transmission to Aurora tower advising that we had a car on the
> ground and needed the Eola wheel truck to come out. He and the train master
> came out in his car. He asked if we felt a bump from a broken rail. We both
> said no. The train master walked back about a mile and found a chunk out of a
> rail. At 60plus we didn't feel it.
>
> We ended up setting out the shifted load of 1x4 at Eola with everything ahead
> of it set on the running track. We then went back to Barnes road with the
> power and with the assistance of the Eola wheel truck guys rerailed the mty
> flat. Took it and the rest of the train to Eola,tied up and went home. The
> company saved a bunch of money that day because a brkmn was looking over his
> train and the Condr made the right call.
>
> By the way there was a dragging equipment detector at Barnes road and it was
> flashing "OK NO DEFECTS FOUND"
>
> I have a couple more of these, if I get positive feed back ill post them
>
> Leo Phillipp
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>
>
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