Article

2023-03-05 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Shelter in place issued and 1,500 are without power after ANOTHER Norfolk Southern trail derails, this time in Springfield, Ohio - as governor says they don't 'believe' any hazardous materials were on board

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 "...governor says they don't 'believe' any hazardous materials were on board"

What is real life vs. Political/Commercial Newspeak pretty much dictates trusting nothing said until verified by others.

BTW: Not all train issues make the news.
The Mid-Jan. Tornados in southern Henry & northern Butts GA. county line area, derailed several train cars filled with questionable materials in Jenkinsburg, GA. about 1/2 mile east of Burg Rd. The cars were still laying there a month + later. This is a major rail line leading into Atlanta from ports like Savannah, and Fla. .

Posted by NN2N1 2023-03-05 07:02|| 2023-03-05 07:02|| Front Page Top

#2 ...find any Sherman bow ties in the area?

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-03-05 08:25|| 2023-03-05 08:25|| Front Page Top

Tunnel Hill museum. Tunnel Hill, GA.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-03-05 08:31|| 2023-03-05 08:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Video claiming to be this derailment

If real, I see 3 or 4 tanker cars.

Posted by NN2N1 2023-03-05 08:39|| 2023-03-05 08:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Sherman’s bow ties’ were an ultimate ‘screw you’ to the South

Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-05 08:43|| 2023-03-05 08:43|| Front Page Top

#6 Tanker cars may be empty or full of vegetable oil. Or chemicals for shampoo. Liquids important to your everyday life. Probably not low-fat milk.

If the wrecked cars have been laying there for days, the railroad is probably looking for a contractor to come in and cut up the cars for scrap.

Posted by Bobby 2023-03-05 08:46|| 2023-03-05 08:46|| Front Page Top

#7 The video is authentic based on my estimate of rural Ohio dialect and the demand for the buddy to steer while the driver films. Our state goal is to regress into Cro Magnon levels of cognition.

Interesting, the railroads did a lot of work to the crossings local to my area last fall. I believe they were doing something to the grading to prevent or repair plough damage. Crossings were shut down sequentially for a couple of days each leaving some new asphalt.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-03-05 09:40|| 2023-03-05 09:40|| Front Page Top

#8 Ohio Train Derailment Claims 20 Norfolk Southern Cargo Cars

Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-05 09:45|| 2023-03-05 09:45|| Front Page Top

#9 Wait till the ‘experts’ uncover the derailment of some of the wheels of UP’s Big Boy when they were moving the rigid framed trucks around a tight radius switch: then they will shriek about how old equipment adds additional peril to the rails……
(Videos available if interested in watching the re-railing of it)

Posted by USN, Ret. 2023-03-05 10:54|| 2023-03-05 10:54|| Front Page Top

#10 Demolition derbies are back in a new and exciting way.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-03-05 11:04|| 2023-03-05 11:04|| Front Page Top

#11 Besoeker I got killed a few times at Tunnel Hill.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-03-05 11:34|| 2023-03-05 11:34|| Front Page Top

23:59 Uloluter Chaviter6576
23:57 Spaish Platypus1029
23:54 Spaish Platypus1029
23:50 Mad Eye Omeretch7959
23:38 trailing wife
23:29 Mad Eye Omeretch7959
23:06 Skidmark
23:04 Skidmark
23:03 Skidmark
20:43 lord garth
20:37 DooDahMan
20:35 DooDahMan
20:34 trailing wife
20:32 Frank G
20:31 Slavish Speans9373
20:03 Slavish Speans9373
19:43 Besoeker
19:39 trailing wife
19:38 Super Hose
19:20 kkollwitz
19:15 kkollwitz
18:57 Illeagle
18:39 Mercutio
18:27 NoMoreBS