SLR Derailment

A Derailment

The first derailment I didn't get to find, I only saw the MEC wreck crane, and the second derailment had happened a day or two before I got there for the pictures and was caused by a sun kink. Heat expansion had caused the rails to buckle sideways. When this happens the crew is usually unaware of the problem until they are in sight of it, and that can be too late to prevent a derailment.

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The MEC Wreck Crane is being borrowed on the SLR and is at Lewiston Jct on July 29^th of 2009.
Video by John Erickson.

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LLPX 2607 with the Mec Wreck Train at SLR Lewiston Junction on the 29th of July, 2009.
Photo by John Erickson.
In August of 2009 a sun-kink in the rail caused a derailment in the Bethel area. I got there on August 17^th after cleanup was underway.
Photo by John Erickson.
In August of 2009 a sun-kink in the rail caused a derailment in the Bethel area. I got there on August 17^th after cleanup was underway.
Photo by John Erickson.
In August of 2009 a sun-kink in the rail caused a derailment in the Bethel area. I got there on August 17^th after cleanup was underway.
Photo by John Erickson.
In August of 2009 a sun-kink in the rail caused a derailment in the Bethel area. I got there on August 17^th after cleanup was underway.
Photo by John Erickson.
In August of 2009 a sun-kink in the rail caused a derailment in the Bethel area. I got there on August 17^th after cleanup was underway.
Photo by John Erickson.
In August of 2009 a sun-kink in the rail caused a derailment in the Bethel area. I got there on August 17^th after cleanup was underway.
Photo by John Erickson.
In August of 2009 a sun-kink in the rail caused a derailment in the Bethel area. I got there on August 17^th after cleanup was underway.
Photo by John Erickson.
In August of 2009 a sun-kink in the rail caused a derailment in the Bethel area. I got there on August 17^th after cleanup was underway.
Photo by John Erickson.

Definition
Term	Defined As
Plug Door	A door on refrigerated or box cars which is flush with side of car when closed. To open, a lever mechanism is twisted until the door is disjoined, then the door slides down a track until the doorway is clear.

Definition

Term

Defined As

Plug Door

A door on refrigerated or box cars which is flush with side of car when closed. To open, a lever mechanism is twisted until the door is disjoined, then the door slides down a track until the doorway is clear.

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