Working rail roads and their tracks.

   / Working rail roads and their tracks.
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#3,391  
Photos from a ore car derailment in July 1968 at Two Harbors MN. Note the damage of those cars and I do not see ribbon rail being used here. I worked on cars damaged at derailments. But not that bad!
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   / Working rail roads and their tracks. #3,392  
WOW! Crumpled like pop cans. Wonder what the speeds were? Grade?
 
   / Working rail roads and their tracks.
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#3,396  
Same train with new and loaded ore cars heading from Minntac to Two Harbors this afternoon on the Minntac Sub. 3/4/24
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I see those little cars are limited to 220K GVW, and carry 175K payload. Interesting dump mechanism on the side, too.
 
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I see those little cars are limited to 220K GVW, and carry 175K payload. Interesting dump mechanism on the side, too.
...and no tie-down straps.

:)

Bruce
 
   / Working rail roads and their tracks.
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The first time I worked as a carman was at a retire army depot site located in SW South Dakota called Igoo. This is located along BNSF double main line. I looked for photos or drone views of the site and didn't come up with much of the rail yard there but here is a poor one. We worked within the buildings seen here. Its doesn't look that from this distance photo but those buildings are quite large.
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