Check these photos of the damage caused by Katrina. CSX photos taken in the hurricane area Katrina’s impact
WOW!! It looks like a couple of those trains were just abandoned right on the spot! I'd be the same way, set the brakes and run fer your life!!!
Now there's a brave soul! Traction motors are not waterproof. And roadbeds under water don't support much weight! Boxcab E50
One can only surmize that the required track inspection has been conducted and it looks like the prescribed slow orders are being obeyed.
=========================== Wuz thinkin' the same thing myself!!! That water is over the railhead!! CT
I'll bet you think those are fuel tanks on the sides of all the locomotives ... in reality, they are pontoons.
Not a good situation at all...this will take YEARs if not decades to really recover from. I wander though, why didnt the railroads send everything north or east or west that they could? Get at least the power and MOW stuff out of harms way.
That would have taken planning, something that was in short supply all around in both the private and all the government sectors local on up before the storm hit. Hind sight is a wonderful thing. It will take a long time to forget all of this so hopefully the next time something like this comes along, there will be workable plans in place.
