BNSF derail in Chicago...

Thankfully it's not nearly as bad as the derailment thirty miles west of the city last month with the CN.. but it is concerning to see the proximity of this incident to a major street.

Steve
 
too many cars got derailed
this derailment also affecting metra trains too
one car that is at the edge of bridge is still in danger condition
lets see how quick bnsf can save that car from going more dangerous
 
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A bit alarming to see the containers leaning over, and the school bus passing underneath.
 
wow, I've driven under there. Could the accident have anything to do with the structural rigidity of the bridge? Because I noticed how rusty and worn out the bridge appeared.
 
That seems a pretty high and rather concerning high rate cascaderail? There must be something not right when it happens so frequently surely?
 
A un official release from a 3rd party source VIA Chicago FD and BNSF said
"Some dumb Shi* down in Ft.Worth or here at corwith lined the switch while the train was on there, Derailing the train and or some kind of kink or cut in the rails caused it.. Maybe even a "coster" out of the hump"
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but it wasnt a coaster, there was locos apperantly.. Train traffic around the derailment to the transcon was rerouted via the IHB to Clide yard, toss the locos around and throw them on the front end via the wye then to Galesburg to Galeina to the TransCon.. Thats how that worked i think..
 
wridenour said:
wow, I've driven under there. Could the accident have anything to do with the structural rigidity of the bridge? Because I noticed how rusty and worn out the bridge appeared.
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All the highway, CTA and rail bridges are 100 + years old.. So maybe maybe not
 
There must be something wrong in the trackage or infrastructure for this to be so common as to run into hundreds. Isn't there any formal kind of national overseeing of thee matters?
 
Minor derailments/re-railments over "two bit trackage" branchline and yard/hump track are the majority of incidents per day.

RR's are a private company, and only the FRA has jurisdiction to govern the RR actions and force infrastucture improvements and safety compliance.
 
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Isn't that a wee bit concerning that there is no national body to oversee such an extesnive track mileage in the country? It is an awful lot of trust in a company or any of them that are there to maximise profits. And a number of the situations are not all in sidings either. Strange omission surely?
 
rjhowie said:
Isn't that a wee bit concerning that there is no national body to oversee such an extesnive track mileage in the country? It is an awful lot of trust in a company or any of them that are there to maximise profits. And a number of the situations are not all in sidings either. Strange omission surely?
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Honestly, over here I'd be more concerned if it was the government's responsibility... if you know what I mean!
 
I know the way American politics (shoosh, whisper that word!) means that is controversial for some but at least it would be an impartial supervision. With hundreds of such events why can't if my suggestion is a bit controversial, the railways set up an organisation to report on them? We don't find any problem having an independent publically funded body because we are dealing with lives (although I accept our rail is far more passenger orietated than yours) but I understand that this is more arguable across the pond?
 
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