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TheMightyQuinn — Mishap at Newburgh -redux-
Published: 2007-03-16 01:12:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 779; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 0
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Another perspective...I kind of like this perspective. It really does just look 'wrong'!
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Ask the bean counters...
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I'm guessing it was a track maintenance issue. We Americans can't seem to be able to justify repairing anything until it breaks...
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That doesn't sound like a very good idea...
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If you look at our bridges and other infrastructure, you'd think we were a third-world country...
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LOL, I have to pay attention to that next time I'm there! 
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Well, most of the time when I see them (which is daily since all I have to do is look out my window at home) they are...
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Woops!
It's not often you get to see this cause (understandably) they hush it up.
Nice shot
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Thanks!
And thanks for the 
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too funny.
i work for csx (as a clerk).
generally, it's not the engines at fault but the company's refusal to maintain tracks.
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Thanks!
I'm aware of that, but (in the spirit of Thomas the Tank Engine - which I watched with my kids when they were young) I thought I'd have a little fun!
I'd blame it on the spring thaw that allows the spikes to slip out of the rotted ties! (See my other derailment photos for more on this subject.)
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you should look at [link] . some hilarious stuff there.
plus, i submitted some photos of a recent, very messy derailment at our local yard, where a loaded coal train had four cars overturn, plus another two fall against the lead engine of another train.
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Thanks for the link!
I live about 75 feet up a steep hill from the CSX West Shore Line. We recently had an incident where a local woman parked her vehicle a little too close to the tracks (at our local Hudson River waterfront park) and it was clipped by a train. Caused quite the stir in our community. See: [link]
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car accidents and suicides are highly common. sadly, some people either forget or don't realize that trains are significantly wider than rails. the woman was very, very lucky.
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Yes, and most of the people on the scene who got angry because the train blocked their egress had no concept either...
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That's actually a Dash-7 of some kind.
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I did a search on this particular locomotive and found that this isn't the first time it's gotten into trouble!
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csx ge's are known for getting into trouble. thats why most ge's dont live past 20 years. this one here is over 20.
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oh, wow. They're really lucky the thing didn't tip over and hurt someone. looks like everybody got off easy, this time.
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He wasn't going very fast - fast enough, though, I guess...
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