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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Definition
Term	Defined As
Wheel 'Em	Let a train run without braking. Wheeling means carrying or hauling at good speed; also called highballing. You say wheeling the berries when you mean hauling the berry crop at high speed. A train topping a grade at a slow speed may also not need the brakes for a while as the train has time while it gains speed before it reaches the speed limit.

Definition

Term

Defined As

Wheel 'Em

Let a train run without braking. Wheeling means carrying or hauling at good speed; also called highballing. You say wheeling the berries when you mean hauling the berry crop at high speed. A train topping a grade at a slow speed may also not need the brakes for a while as the train has time while it gains speed before it reaches the speed limit.

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