Derailments in Roanoke

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Joe,
Quite dramatic! Notice one of the cars is still in N&W paint! Thanks for
the photos.
Charlie Long


On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 12:56 AM, NW Mailing List
<nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>wrote:


>

> I walked out on the 10th street overpass in Roanoke Sunday afternoon

> to photograph some new gondolas from FreightCar America when I noticed

> Cranemasters working at rerailing some 86' Auto parts box cars west

> of 10th street.

> http://www.krunk.org/~joeshaw/pics/temp/derail-west-1.jpg

>

> A short time later I noticed the boxcar they were rerailing was

> slowly rolling east with some people in hard-hats slowly following

> it.

> http://www.krunk.org/~joeshaw/pics/temp/derail-west-2.jpg

>

> The car slowly pulled away from the hard hats toward the east end of

> the yard, where the yard tracks have derails in place for just such

> an event:

> http://www.krunk.org/~joeshaw/pics/temp/derail-east-1.jpg

> http://www.krunk.org/~joeshaw/pics/temp/derail-east-2.jpg

> http://www.krunk.org/~joeshaw/pics/temp/derail-east-3.jpg

> http://www.krunk.org/~joeshaw/pics/temp/derail-east-4.jpg

> http://www.krunk.org/~joeshaw/pics/temp/derail-east-5.jpg

>

> A closer look at the original derailment:

> http://www.krunk.org/~joeshaw/pics/temp/derail-west-3.jpg

>

>

> Joe Shaw

> Christiansburg, VA

> http://www.krunk.org/

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