Brand-new Boeing 737 fuselages destroyed in train derailment
Jul 7, 2014, 12:52 am
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Jul 7, 2014, 11:41 am
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Now it's 6
see
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-0...y-reopens.html
and there's more at
http://trn.trains.com/Railroad%20New...erailment.aspx
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see
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-0...y-reopens.html
and there's more at
http://trn.trains.com/Railroad%20New...erailment.aspx
Bob H
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Jul 7, 2014, 12:55 pm
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Jul 8, 2014, 9:23 am
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Looks like Montana Rail Link put the "flush" in fuselage... I wonder whose insurance will be hit for this incident?
Jul 8, 2014, 5:14 pm
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Clean up is now in process and it wasn't just 737's ---
see
http://missoulian.com/news/local/cle...a4bcf887a.html
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see
http://missoulian.com/news/local/cle...a4bcf887a.html
Bob H
Jul 14, 2014, 8:00 am
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Photos on railpictures.net
Three interesting photographs have been posted on railpictures.net:
Jul 25, 2014, 6:49 am
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The six 737 fuselages involved in the derailed will be scrapped.
http://missoulian.com/crews-dismantl...9bb2963f4.html
http://missoulian.com/crews-dismantl...9bb2963f4.html
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Jan 11, 2015, 12:48 pm
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In November 2014, the railroad released a report about the cause of the derailment:
Missoulian:
MRL [Montana Rail Link] report cites 'track geometry' issues in July derailment of Boeing fuselages
November 6, 2014
Missoulian:
MRL [Montana Rail Link] report cites 'track geometry' issues in July derailment of Boeing fuselages
November 6, 2014
Montana Rail Link has ruled out human error as the cause of a July 3 train derailment that destroyed six Seattle area-bound Boeing 737 fuselages along the Clark Fork River in Mineral County.
Simulations performed by a contractor hired by MRL were inconclusive, but company spokesman Jim Lewis said Wednesday they “suggest a track geometry issue.”
Railroads are required to conduct an investigation after derailments and file their findings with the Federal Railroad Administration.
An FRA spokesman said Wednesday the agency’s own investigation of the July wreck is ongoing and could take anywhere from two months to a year. The report by the railroad company is used as “another piece of evidence,” Mike Booth said.
Simulations performed by a contractor hired by MRL were inconclusive, but company spokesman Jim Lewis said Wednesday they “suggest a track geometry issue.”
Railroads are required to conduct an investigation after derailments and file their findings with the Federal Railroad Administration.
An FRA spokesman said Wednesday the agency’s own investigation of the July wreck is ongoing and could take anywhere from two months to a year. The report by the railroad company is used as “another piece of evidence,” Mike Booth said.
