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GRE Yard Office |
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Here we are, the site of the incident. See the track behind the yard office? The train derailed there. |
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6/21/2006 Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:25:58 PM |
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Grand Rapids, MI |
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Jonathon Leese |
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NS 3547 |
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Coming around the connector track and into the GRE yard, the crew has no idea what's about to happen......... |
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6/21/2006 Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:27:29 PM |
| Location: |
Grand Rapids, MI |
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Jonathon Leese |
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NS 3547(B32-8) |
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NS 3547 |
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NS 3547 is at just about the spot where the first car started leaning over........ |
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6/21/2006 Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:28:37 PM |
| Location: |
Grand Rapids, MI |
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Jonathon Leese |
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NS 3547(B32-8) |
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GNWR 173619 |
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And there it goes! Evidently a spike came loose and the rail began to spread. These are the first of 5 cars to hit the ground. |
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6/21/2006 Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:30:25 PM |
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Grand Rapids, MI |
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Jonathon Leese |
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Broken Air Line |
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The air line splits open and air blows up dust and crap. Looked like smoke at first. Here the truck on the first hopper is becoming really mangled. The train stopped shortly after this. |
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6/21/2006 Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:31:30 PM |
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Grand Rapids, MI |
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Jonathon Leese |
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Ouch |
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That's what a spread rail will do. Further up the rail was completely sideways. |
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6/21/2006 Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:41:15 PM |
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Grand Rapids, MI |
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Jonathon Leese |
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Coupler Height's Off |
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If you look at the small black thing by the first car's second wheel, you can see the side of a rail joiner, pointing up at the sky. |
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6/21/2006 Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:42:43 PM |
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Grand Rapids, MI |
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Jonathon Leese |
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Aw Man!!!! |
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The crew inspects the damage. They were pretty nice and we talked with them for roughly a half hour before everyone else showed up. Speaking of everyone else (look at the next picture)..... |
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6/21/2006 Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:43:48 PM |
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Grand Rapids, MI |
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Jonathon Leese |
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These ones aren't broken, finish the job |
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After uncoupling the derailed cars, the crew goes about their business dropping the cars in the Grand Rapids Eastern yard. |
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6/21/2006 Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:48:03 PM |
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Grand Rapids, MI |
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Jonathon Leese |
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The Cavalry Arrives......An Hour Late!!!! |
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So one fireman shows up and asked if there was a tank car leaking. The only tank car was further up in the train and filled with nothing toxic. Evidently the call came in as a toxic tank car leak. So they apparently sent half of the city's fire fleet over to the derailment site. Only the derailment happened at 6:01 p.m., these guys showed up at 7:01 p.m.!!!!!! Pretty funny.......... |
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6/21/2006 Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:45:10 PM |
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Grand Rapids, MI |
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Jonathon Leese |
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| Title: |
Look At All The Weeds |
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The first cut of cars is spotted in the GRE yard. Normally NS trains for the GRE are roughly 10 cars, this one was 35. There's a small interchange yard further north on the CSX Ludington sub after GRE crosses CSX, where NS and CSX typically drop cars for GRE. For those wondering, NS uses CSX trackage to get to GRE. |
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6/21/2006 Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:49:49 PM |
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Grand Rapids, MI |
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Jonathon Leese |
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| Title: |
NS 3547 |
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It's work done, the 3547 will have to wait until the derailed cars are cleared before it can head back to it's own yard. In the meantime, it catches the setting sun on the GRE. |
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6/21/2006 Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:50:34 PM |
| Location: |
Grand Rapids, MI |
| Author: |
Jonathon Leese |
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NS 3547(B32-8) |
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