[Spridgets] CSX Wreck at Clinchco, Virginia - No LBC

[Dave Yealy]

Here is a link to the article

http://matchbin-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/public/sites/704/assets/FHIM_STAR_A_012611.pdf

Dave


At 07:39 PM 1/31/2011, you wrote:
> > Check out this train wreck.............One of my railroad friends sent this
>to me. Everyone loves to see a train wreck!
>Mike MacLean
>60 Sprite
>56 BN2
> >
> > ....here's some shots of last week's derailment (Wednesday morning) of the
>Cedar Bay (Fla) unit train at MP 19.6, Clinchco, Virginia on the former
>Clinchfield, now known as the Kingsport Subdivision.  Train was southbound
>between two tunnels when it encountered a rockslide that came down when the
>ambient temperature got around 45 degrees, creating a thaw which brought the
>rocks down.  Slide was as high as the front walkway on engine 105 which was
>lifted airborne, with the rest of the train pushing it sideways. Trailing unit
>439 turned over and laid over on its side right in the middle of Squirrel Camp
>Creek with the front nearly buried in coal from the 5 loaded 120 ton coal cars
>which derailed behind the consist.  Engineer and conductor were slightly
>injured with some cuts and bruises.  The mainframe on 439 is warped and it
>will be cut up and scrapped in place next week.