Comments on: Holiday Express Derailment http://www.dogcaught.com/2005/12/10/holiday-express-derailment/ Illustrations of Pacific Northwest Railroading Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:51:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Death and Mayhem are Popular » Another Blogger http://www.dogcaught.com/2005/12/10/holiday-express-derailment/comment-page-1/#comment-1749 Death and Mayhem are Popular » Another Blogger Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:52:54 +0000 http://www.dogcaught.com/?p=98#comment-1749 [...] I run Dogcaught, which is a niche blog catering to those interested in railroading, the railroad industry, and photos of railroads. I routinely post daily observations or commentaries on the industry.  My traffic, inbound links, and ad click-through rates are pretty steady.  Guess what makes things go crazy… guess what drives traffic through the roof… guess what will guarantee me a bunch of advertising dollars… derailments.  Pictures and narratives of mangled steel and twisted tracks consistently drive traffic.  My most popular post ever was the Holiday Express Derailment and that was a pretty minor accident in the grand scheme of things. [...] [...] I run Dogcaught, which is a niche blog catering to those interested in railroading, the railroad industry, and photos of railroads. I routinely post daily observations or commentaries on the industry.  My traffic, inbound links, and ad click-through rates are pretty steady.  Guess what makes things go crazy… guess what drives traffic through the roof… guess what will guarantee me a bunch of advertising dollars… derailments.  Pictures and narratives of mangled steel and twisted tracks consistently drive traffic.  My most popular post ever was the Holiday Express Derailment and that was a pretty minor accident in the grand scheme of things. [...]

]]> By: Roger http://www.dogcaught.com/2005/12/10/holiday-express-derailment/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Roger Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:15:36 +0000 http://www.dogcaught.com/?p=98#comment-48 Similar problem when the NPS train turned over a rail on the Delaware Water Gap run. poor \gauge restraint will do it every time. Similar problem when the NPS train turned over a rail on the Delaware Water Gap run.
poor \gauge restraint will do it every time.

]]> By: Bill Taylor http://www.dogcaught.com/2005/12/10/holiday-express-derailment/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Bill Taylor Sun, 18 Dec 2005 14:24:55 +0000 http://www.dogcaught.com/?p=98#comment-34 We were interested as we sometimes run into the same problem on the Assiniboine Valley Railway but in 1/8 scale the problems while real are not so gigantic. Still a boiler running at 350 degres can not simply be manhandled. We use slider plates and pry bars to move our light 1500 lb Pacific steamer. The deasels on the other hand are easier as you can simply jack up one end at a time and drop the power truck back on the rails. We run in winter and the biggest challange is ice and snow which is in real scale. The picture shows that the rail looks very light. What weight of rail were they running on. Regards Bill Taylor We were interested as we sometimes run into the same problem on the Assiniboine Valley Railway but in 1/8 scale the problems while real are not so gigantic. Still a boiler running at 350 degres can not simply be manhandled. We use slider plates and pry bars to move our light 1500 lb Pacific steamer. The deasels on the other hand are easier as you can simply jack up one end at a time and drop the power truck back on the rails. We run in winter and the biggest challange is ice and snow which is in real scale. The picture shows that the rail looks very light. What weight of rail were they running on.

Regards

Bill Taylor

]]> By: Peter Ford http://www.dogcaught.com/2005/12/10/holiday-express-derailment/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Peter Ford Sun, 11 Dec 2005 08:42:42 +0000 http://www.dogcaught.com/?p=98#comment-28 How discouraging. We were there for the 4 pm trip. After we learned where the engines were, we went and viewed them from Hwy 99E. I heard that the 700 was back on the rails except for the lead truck at that point. Two diesel switch engines from the East Portland Traction Co -- SW1 number 100, the orange one and an SW7 or so in an NP scheme, are on the tail of the 700 trying to set things right. Those guys were working hard to get the engines on the rails, but what a job. How discouraging. We were there for the 4 pm trip. After we learned where the engines were, we went and viewed them from Hwy 99E. I heard that the 700 was back on the rails except for the lead truck at that point. Two diesel switch engines from the East Portland Traction Co — SW1 number 100, the orange one and an SW7 or so in an NP scheme, are on the tail of the 700 trying to set things right.

Those guys were working hard to get the engines on the rails, but what a job.

]]> By: Coal Man http://www.dogcaught.com/2005/12/10/holiday-express-derailment/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Coal Man Sun, 11 Dec 2005 03:54:39 +0000 http://www.dogcaught.com/?p=98#comment-27 Strange! Strange!

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