Wisonsin Coal Train Derailment

BoxcabE50 Jul 6, 2020

  1. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

    67,560
    22,735
    653
  2. ddm502001

    ddm502001 TrainBoard Member

    156
    141
    18
    Wonder if that has become a feeder spur downrated main to the power station and some industry? N of Sheboygan the line is dead.
     
  3. badlandnp

    badlandnp TrainBoard Member

    4,587
    16,153
    90
    Already up on youtube,

     
    Kurt Moose likes this.
  4. Randy Stahl

    Randy Stahl TrainBoard Supporter

    1,518
    2,062
    50
    The closing of Edgewater power plant has already been announced.
     
  5. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

    67,560
    22,735
    653
    I hope in light of such an announcement, they are not skimping on maintenance.....
     
  6. Randy Stahl

    Randy Stahl TrainBoard Supporter

    1,518
    2,062
    50
    Of course they are. There are better places to spend the money now that the shipper is ending service. The rail line will be spun off or abandoned.
     
  7. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

    67,560
    22,735
    653
    Randy, did you see any shutdown date? If so, inbound loads will likely end well before then.
     
  8. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

    67,560
    22,735
    653
    Via Google found the proposed closure date is end of 2022. Considering that there could be another two winters worth of hardship on the line's structure, IF maintenance is already being deferred, this could set up conditions for another such incident. :(
     
    badlandnp likes this.
  9. badlandnp

    badlandnp TrainBoard Member

    4,587
    16,153
    90
    The Santa Fe has already defferred track work on the coal lines here in Montana and North Dakota. Top track speed is now 40 from Laurel, MT to Mandan, ND with many slow orders in place. And there are still at least a dozen or more coal trains a week. And many grain trains, manifest, oil cans, vehicle racks and such using the track. So, in the interest of quarterly numbers . . . .
     
    ddm502001 and Kurt Moose like this.
  10. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

    22,015
    27,410
    253
    Deferred maintenance on such a heavy coal route? A route where double loads are now being sent east? Sounds like a recipe for disaster.
     
    ddm502001 and badlandnp like this.
  11. badlandnp

    badlandnp TrainBoard Member

    4,587
    16,153
    90
    And maybe I will hear about it and get it on video after the fact. Or even better, during the derailment! Would be neat, as long as noone gets hurt.
     

Share This Page