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By:Jonathon Leese
Dates:6/21/2006 - 6/21/2006
Album Info:The derailment of Norfolk Southern train B49 in the Grand Rapids Eastern RR's yard on a transfer run. The engine and 23 cars made it over the connector track before the rail rolled.
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GRE Yard Office
Title:  GRE Yard Office
Description:  Here we are, the site of the incident. See the track behind the yard office? The train derailed there.
Photo Date:  6/21/2006  Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:25:58 PM
Location:  Grand Rapids, MI
Author:  Jonathon Leese
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NS 3547
Title:  NS 3547
Description:  Coming around the connector track and into the GRE yard, the crew has no idea what's about to happen.........
Photo Date:  6/21/2006  Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:27:29 PM
Location:  Grand Rapids, MI
Author:  Jonathon Leese
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Locomotives:  NS 3547(B32-8)
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NS 3547
Title:  NS 3547
Description:  NS 3547 is at just about the spot where the first car started leaning over........
Photo Date:  6/21/2006  Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:28:37 PM
Location:  Grand Rapids, MI
Author:  Jonathon Leese
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Locomotives:  NS 3547(B32-8)
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GNWR 173619
Title:  GNWR 173619
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  6/21/2006  Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:30:25 PM
Location:  Grand Rapids, MI
Author:  Jonathon Leese
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Broken Air Line
Title:  Broken Air Line
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  6/21/2006  Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:31:30 PM
Location:  Grand Rapids, MI
Author:  Jonathon Leese
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Ouch
Title:  Ouch
Description:  That's what a spread rail will do. Further up the rail was completely sideways.
Photo Date:  6/21/2006  Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:41:15 PM
Location:  Grand Rapids, MI
Author:  Jonathon Leese
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Coupler Height's Off
Title:  Coupler Height's Off
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  6/21/2006  Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:42:43 PM
Location:  Grand Rapids, MI
Author:  Jonathon Leese
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Aw Man!!!!
Title:  Aw Man!!!!
Description:  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).....
Photo Date:  6/21/2006  Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:43:48 PM
Location:  Grand Rapids, MI
Author:  Jonathon Leese
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These ones aren't broken, finish the job
Title:  These ones aren't broken, finish the job
Description:  After uncoupling the derailed cars, the crew goes about their business dropping the cars in the Grand Rapids Eastern yard.
Photo Date:  6/21/2006  Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:48:03 PM
Location:  Grand Rapids, MI
Author:  Jonathon Leese
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The Cavalry Arrives......An Hour Late!!!!
Title:  The Cavalry Arrives......An Hour Late!!!!
Description:  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..........
Photo Date:  6/21/2006  Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:45:10 PM
Location:  Grand Rapids, MI
Author:  Jonathon Leese
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Look At All The Weeds
Title:  Look At All The Weeds
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  6/21/2006  Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:49:49 PM
Location:  Grand Rapids, MI
Author:  Jonathon Leese
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Views:  187   Comments: 1
NS 3547
Title:  NS 3547
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  6/21/2006  Upload Date: 6/23/2006 9:50:34 PM
Location:  Grand Rapids, MI
Author:  Jonathon Leese
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Locomotives:  NS 3547(B32-8)
Views:  411   Comments: 1


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