--- In [email protected], "Andre Ming" <laming@...> wrote:
>
> Bob said:
>
> > During the heat wave in 1995, CC&P ran most of their trains at night to
> > avoid excessive stress on the CWR that could cause sun kinks.
>
> And that is still true today. We have heat advisories for the main line
> from 1100 to 2100 hrs. (Reduced speed.)
>
> > During the day, even with rail anchors, it looked like a snake sizzling
> > through a cow pasture!
>
> The worst derail I've ever had (several years ago) was due to a sun kink. I
> was handling a loaded grain train about 1/2 mile long at about 6000 tons.
> The rail shot out from under the last truck of the last car about 6'.
> Needless to say, the wheels hit the ground, then jumped the rail and rode
> the web for the next 1/2 mile. (Laying open that rail like a can opener.)
> Seeing as it was rolling freely in the web (steel on steel, almost as if it
> was on the ball of the rail), there was only a slight "tug" when the wheel
> jumped the rail into the web... much like you'll feel if you missed your air
> release coming through a sag and felt a bit of slack at the back of the
> train. Berating myself for releasing my air a tad too quick... it was no
> biggie. That is... until that wheel set hit the next switch.
>
> I remember very clearly tooling along and all of a sudden it was like
> someone cracked a whip and the train shuddered and busted into emergency. I
> had a green Conductor with me and he looked at me in puzzlement and yelled
> "What was THAT???".
>
> I replied: "We're on the ground and it's bad." Didn't have to see it.
> (Couldn't anyway.) Just knew it.
>
> He climbed down and headed back to the mess. There were three hoppers on
> their sides, and a fourth one with a truck off the rails. Corn was
> everywhere.
>
> Had another friend round a curve in a long and heavy train at speed to be
> greeted by a 2' sun kink. He yelled "HANG ON!! to his Conductor" and stayed
> with on the throttle and hoped. Miraculously, the engines made it over
> it... but the cars didn't. No one was injured but it was a mess.
>
> Andre, I can also relate, in 1986 while working as an "engineman" (both crew
> members were enginemen, but the senior man chose his job, conductor or
> engineer)I was riding the left hand seat and the engineer that day and I were
> talking RR's and totally forgot about the slow order due to heat kink. We hit
> it at about 27 mph after brake application from 30 and miraculously rode
> right through it, probably straightening it out some! Engine was an Alco
> C-430 with its ultra flexible Hi-Ad trucks. RR was the NYS&W (Susquehanna)
Bud Rindfleisch
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