Train derailment near Arlington City Hall

[ram57ta]

That's nothing going off that pic. You should see some of the pics I have from derailments I've seen over the years. LOL at the news station. I can tell those are corn syrup cars from the pic.

Agreed....that is NOTHING. Worst one I can remember (that didn't kill anyone) 2 engines pulling a rock train derailed at the Y about 2 miles east of downtown Austin in 2007 when one of rails snapped under the weight. Lead engine had passed the break and kept pulling....which dug the rear engine deeper into the ground...the broken rail then punctured the freshly topped off diesel fuel tank and ripped it open as the lead car kept pulling. There was an elementary school directly beside the crossing. This happened at 6am on a weekday. It was a HUGE mess. Evacuations....several VERY major streets were closed...5th, 6th, 7th..right at the start of rush hour. It took several days to clean up the mess...all the dirt, asphalt had to be dug up and hauled off from contamination.

[Big A]

Ahh, a nice refreshing glass of milk delivered in a tank car that previously delivered a load of diesel fuel. The experts always say that if you knew what was being transported in tank cars, you would never willingly sit in your car at a rail crossing waiting for a train to pass.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$CHOOCHOO$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$!!!

There's no way that the FDA would allow that to happen, even with a thorough scrubbing. There are strict guidelines on how consumables are to be transported and prepared.

[ram57ta]

Wonder what caused it? How the heck does a train come off the tracks like that? I can see sharp turns and excessive speed but...

Seriously? This isn't a high speed passenger track thats highly maintained. Broken rail most likely...constant temp changes cause all kinds of havoc on railroad tracks due to constant expansion and contraction...rail fatigue is another common problem with old steel. We had to deal with this on an almost daily basis in Austin.

[no4njnk]

So that's why traffic is stopped on Cooper and there's a helicopter above me. Time to bust a bitch and head over to Fielder.


DFWM comes through again.

The DFWM police need to track you down and ticket you, there is no texting allowed in Arlington sir.(sending this while at Lamar and Collins)

And why are we not building the Keystone pipeline again? I think there were people saying it was not as safe as trains to transfer the oil...

[pHILSANITY07]

They had a derailment in Arlington / Fort Worth I think last year right by Dottie Lynn / Eastchase Parkway. May have been the year before. Not so much populated there and it only blocked a crossing to someone's home.

must've sucked to be that person

[pHILSANITY07]

I vaguely remember something about that.

yea me too, i was little when that happened

[94form2000z]

They had a derailment in Arlington / Fort Worth I think last year right by Dottie Lynn / Eastchase Parkway. May have been the year before. Not so much populated there and it only blocked a crossing to someone's home.

[Tyrone Biggums]

Wasn't there a Amtrak train or maybe a freight train that derailed like 15 years ago near the General Motors Plant?

I vaguely remember something about that.

[pHILSANITY07]

Wasn't there a Amtrak train or maybe a freight train that derailed like 15 years ago near the General Motors Plant?

[FreightTrain]

How long does something like that take to get fixed and moving again?

They will clear out the cars still on the tracks pretty quick and the crossings will be opened back up. The ones derailed will be out of the way in a few hours.

[The King]

Considering it's somewhat sort-of in the vicinity of 360 and Division, I'm going to say 8 years.

Or until the Super Bowl returns to Jerryworld, whichever is later.

[Strychnine]

So that's why traffic is stopped on Cooper and there's a helicopter above me. Time to bust a bitch and head over to Fielder.


DFWM comes through again.

[Tyrone Biggums]

How long does something like that take to get fixed and moving again?

Considering it's somewhat sort-of in the vicinity of 360 and Division, I'm going to say 8 years.

That's nothing going off that pic. You should see some of the pics I have from derailments I've seen over the years. LOL at the news station. I can tell those are corn syrup cars from the pic.

How long does something like that take to get fixed and moving again?

[FreightTrain]

That's nothing going off that pic. You should see some of the pics I have from derailments I've seen over the years. LOL at the news station. I can tell those are corn syrup cars from the pic.