See? Derailers DO work...

[Euphod]

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/l...llide-in-Prince-Georges-County-134699918.html

 

[sawyer811]

hmm...I hardly call the position that Geep is in "flipped on its side."

methinks, though, that if there's several collisions a year there, you should remove the derailer.

 

[rjhowie]

When this happens on Trainz we do get hot under the collar!

 

[backyard]

CSXT GP40-2 #6093...

...the last CSXT locomotive these guys will ever drive...

 

[narrowgauge]

I would guess that the derail is there to prevent the collisions, not to cause them. That is normally the purpose, to stop wagons from fouling the main line, in this case it caught an inattentive engineer.

Peter

 

[octls2]

I would guess that the derail is there to prevent the collisions, not to cause them. That is normally the purpose, to stop wagons from fouling the main line, in this case it caught an inattentive engineer.

Peter

Agreed. Derails have one main purpose, and that is to protect the main line from being fouled.

 

[bl4882]

Brownies all around.:hehe:

Bernie

 

[jawais84]

...the last CSXT locomotive these guys will ever drive...

At least for 30 days. That incident will be in my safety overlap, I'm sure.

Judging by the context of the article, I think they may be having issues with trains colliding with vehicles because the drivers fail to yield to the MASSIVE blinking red lights and arms...