dave2-8-0 Wrote:
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> I rode the D&S today(Jun 18th), out of Durango..
> No telling the names, to protect the crew that was
> working. Accordingly there was TWO separate
> derailments, both putting cars on the ground.
> One was in-town, just north of the fish hatchery,
> and the other a little further north. Two
> different locations, neither one in the North
> Valley. At each location, was a 3MPH slow order
> in effect, and a number of freshly dug out ties
> along the ROW. On the morning run, there was
> still several MOW Crew people standing around each
> location. Crew confided in me that the rail
> spread and the cars went down in-between the
> rails. WHY? BAD BAD TRACK.
>
> Last week we ran 315 back and forth over the
> entire C&T line, several times.. The week before
> again, several passes over the route. I can
> first hand attest to the fact that the worst
> section of C&T track, is many times better than
> ANY of the sections on the D&S. I can not believe
> how bad the road bed and trackage is. In my car,
> every one of the riders made comments about the
> rock-n-roll of the train. Made for a pertty
> miserable ride, the whole way.
>
> IMO: I would not be surprised if the FRA was to
> step in, and force the upgrade to trackage,
> especially after yesterdays two incidents.
Thanks for the information.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/19/2017 03:22PM by Carl T. Henderson.