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This happened yesterday. Not newsworthy enough with the politicians snowed in. 100 cars derailed.
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Charlie
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100 cars..That' must be a mess.
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Geez! That'll be hard to deal with with the current weather, I'll bet.
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According to one of the CSX's neighbors in West Newton,
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There has been no action on the railroad since Friday. They had a run-away coal train, U883 on Sand Patch Friday, and derail 100 cars of a 130 car train. 2 units, blizard conditions and close to 3' of snow, and over the hill they went with 13000 tons, and the helpers where cut off at the crest of SandPatch. The crew is OK, and they derailed after speeds exceding 65mph on the curve going into Glencoe. Not even Roddy Sag slowed them down. It was right after that.
I don't know that railroad, but I'll bet it was a heck of a ride, and I believe no casualties. :o Bob C.
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That's great. Is that the mainline from the Mon-Valley to Baltimore? Coal stockpiles around here just keep growing because they can't sell the coal. They're sending it to Baltimore to ship overseas to China, who has no problem building coal-fired power plants. I wish they'd get rid of some of this coal around here because it is getting to be a pain to map such large piles every month. Not too long ago, at the loadout in Baltimore, one of the coal piles gave way and spilled onto the railroad loop and knocked an engine over. We've mapped that too so they can try to fix some things there. I think they are trying to make improvements to the area to make it more efficient to ship coal out, but they have to use what they got since you can't build anything new in the very protected Bay.
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As for the coal. NS has been shipping it left and right here. At least 2-4 trains aday of 100+ cars going east bound.
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That picture, would make an excellent subject for a rather large diorama........
Coal, steel, and snow............................everywhere!
(cold steel on ice ??)
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One track is reopened and trains are running again.
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I was able to get to work today, below Waynesburg, PA. It looks like a war zone down there. They say power at the office by Friday, but I don't see that happening. That NS line there serves Bailey, Federal #2, Emerald, and Blacksville 1 and 2 mines. Looks like some trains have been moving down the tracks. There are some trains here and there, but coal sales are way down and the stockpiles keep growing. This is why they are cutting deals with China.
