Train derails after striking oversize load

I was doing some further reading, and apparently there are restrictions on minimum number axles required to shunt the signals on some systems. So it may work, or it may not.

https://www.reddit.com/r/railroading/s/cMtxn6Vh3w

 

My question is, if this was a load requiring a permit, who is the clown that chose that route? Pretty obvious that that load should have been sent on a different route.

 

Txdot are the ones who issue permits.. this was definitely a permitted load

 

There is no other route for them to take. US285 is the only route they could use.

 

I read the trucking co is possibly voss transport or transportation…

 

I kinda doubt the ‘hour stuck on the tracks’ this is the same line that runs thru Midland/Odessa. We lived there for nearly 7 years, during the daytime it was very seldom an hour would elapse between times a train would go thru Midland. Pecos is just farther west on that line.

 

Yes





Pete

 

NTSB releases preliminary report following Pecos train crash

Data from one of the recorders showed that the train was moving at 68 mph and emergency braking was activated prior to impact!

 

Victims of Pecos train derailment identified by Pecos Police | newswest9.com