Train vs Tornado

[cascaderailroad]

Fluid in tank cars usually is not a inert product...in Falls, Phila freight yard a tanker of corn syrup, and a tanker of sulfuric acid, or hydochloric acid puntured in a derailment into the Schulykill River years ago. The fire department had no idea what the 2 chemical combinations would do when mixed together, and pulled back. The site was eventually dug up, and the earth transported, incinerated, pending re-placement. For years the freight yard had a huge gaping 3 tracks wide hole, 50' deep, all the way down to the river.

Why do people think that just because it is a tank car it is carrying gasoline or something flammable/explosive?

 

[Euphod]

The fire department had no idea what the 2 chemical combinations would do when mixed together, and pulled back.

A really sweet bathroom cleaner?

 

[jadebullet]

What do you mean that it didn't derail? It might not have derailed when the cars tipped, but when that hazmat tanker slammed the engine, you can see it shudder off of the tracks.

 

[JimDep]

I'd hate to think of what would happen if one of these babies got blown off the tracks and sprung a leak.

Maybe Ed would shoot over here and help me clean it up. Bring that pitcher with you!

 

[Euphod]

I think there's a special Wisconsin HazMat team trained to clear up spills involving beer...twenty fat guys, twenty sponges, and gross of mugs!

 

[JimDep]

Hmm.... sounds like one of those new government jobs. I wonder if they've appointed a Czar yet for this essential task force.

 

[whistlehead]

OK. (requires ten letters)

 

[norfolksouthern37]

i didnt see the loco derail, it just moved forward. i would also think that this loco was not the lead and did not have anyone onboard.

 

[mbv67]

I would not be there if that tanker had burst open.

 

[jadebullet]

I don't know, it seemed to drop and list a little when the tank car hit it. I could be wrong though. Also, that tank car did burst slightly, and was leaking, at least according to the description.

 

[cookiemae]

Incredible!

Wow, thats truly amazing. As massive and powerful as trains are they are still no match for Mother Nature! There are not many videos out in public that show real live train derailments such as this, this is the first time I have ever seen a true freight train derailment take place!

Incredible!

 

[scottling]

OUCH!

That was just scary! I saw sparks from the right front wheel of that tanker, there's a good chance it could have ignited the contents and POOF. In a disaster book of mine, it says an F4 tornado will overturn a train, but the vid says it was an F3,so it must have been light

 

[SPNGTyler]

wow

Holy Cow! They're lucky the engine kept going until it was off the bridge.

 

[WCL]

I'd hate to think of what would happen if one of these babies got blown off the tracks and sprung a leak.

Maybe Ed would shoot over here and help me clean it up. Bring that pitcher with you!

:hehe:

 

[traincrazy0918]

Sorry for saying that it was a gas car... didn't know I could do so much harm :hehe: Good job finding out the date and place, Zec gets a cookie. :hehe:

 

[teddytoot]

If you look carefully at the background it does look as if the loco derailed and its back end moved to the left.

 

[ZecMurphy]

Hi guys
I've merged the two threads on this topic. Please excuse the slight 'out of order' feel from this. I have also removed the YouTube link, due to comments on the video page.

 

[WCL]

Zec gets a cookie. :hehe:

Ya can use my milk tank car to go along with that cookie :hehe:

 

[nicky9499]

Oh, god, hope the engineer was ok... That was really scary, especially the gas car and grain hopper sliding toward the locomotive. I thought it would be destroyed, or knocked off. Was the camera on a helper or was the unit running long hood forward? What railroad was this?

EDIT: Lucky he backed up and missed the grain car that swung around, could have knocked him off....

There was a car that swung to the left after the tanker derailed, it had a Norfolk Southern marking if that's anything to go by.

Cheerio,
Nicholas.

 

[scottling]

Isn't it funny how all the U.S railroads run each other's vehicles on every other line, in fact almost never on their own system? Here in 3' 6" Queensland, there are only 100 or so kilometres of standard guage track, for the NSW XPT and freight trains that venture into Queensland to offload their NSW Goods at our Qld ports.