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Train derailment yay
« on: Feb 1, 2009, 03:55AM »
I just started a job in the rail industry, so here's something I didn't cause!



But I will have to deal with it next week!

Edit: This one happened in the pilbara region.
« Last Edit: Feb 1, 2009, 02:06PM by Narxysus »
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Re: Train derailment yay
« Reply #1 on: Feb 1, 2009, 05:39AM »
Im pissed off this shit happens all the time.
We get a train derailed/highway flooded/trainlines flooded so WA is unable to get products in
Serious the government should build a separate line and road linking east and west to stop this crap happening
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Re: Train derailment yay
« Reply #2 on: Feb 1, 2009, 01:19PM »
Was anyone hurt?
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Re: Train derailment yay
« Reply #3 on: Feb 1, 2009, 01:59PM »
Ah I just realised I have the wrong picture!  That one is from another that happened in the pilbara. No one was hurt there.

This is the one on the border:



It happened just ouside of our territory (on the WA/SA border), so not our line, but it has stopped all trains through there for a good 5 days.  The pic is some 500m of wagons in about 100m of space.

And three people were hurt here - you can see the locos at the bottom of the pic on their side.  These wagons contained a caustic oxidising substance and some of them landed in water, so was pretty bad situation.

The thing with derailments is that they are actually quite common, and hard to stop.  It doesn't take much - a crappy wheel on a wagon might catch a bit of ballast or pass through a heat warped section of line, and then it just pops off, and turns into a disaster.  Building another line wouldn't stop this sort of stuff.  It's like getting a flat tyre - it happens to everyone eventually.
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Re: Train derailment yay
« Reply #4 on: Feb 1, 2009, 02:06PM »
2nd line would allow traffic through whilst main line gets clean/fixed up
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Re: Train derailment yay
« Reply #5 on: Feb 1, 2009, 03:41PM »
Hummm... cool pics anyway Narx!
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Re: Train derailment yay
« Reply #6 on: Feb 1, 2009, 05:16PM »
was just on Channel 7 news in Vic.
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Re: Train derailment yay
« Reply #7 on: Feb 1, 2009, 06:01PM »
Yeah in SA aswell, looks like it made a fair mess.

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Re: Train derailment yay
« Reply #8 on: Feb 1, 2009, 07:18PM »
bah, this really does happen more often then people think.

We allways get delayed shipments from over east at work because of derailments.
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Re: Train derailment yay
« Reply #9 on: Feb 1, 2009, 07:28PM »
2nd line would allow traffic through whilst main line gets clean/fixed up

Except that they build 2nd lines right next to existing ones, cos having a second corridor would be hugely expensive and the land would be hard to acquire.  And given the look of the picture, a second line would be blocked/wrecked too.
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Re: Train derailment yay
« Reply #10 on: Feb 1, 2009, 07:36PM »
Except that they build 2nd lines right next to existing ones, cos having a second corridor would be hugely expensive and the land would be hard to acquire.  And given the look of the picture, a second line would be blocked/wrecked too.

500m is clear of debri in both photos, but yeah it would have to be away from the main line.
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Re: Train derailment yay
« Reply #11 on: Feb 1, 2009, 08:48PM »
Thats why they shouldn't have introduced the "bring your wife to work day"  :P

Seriously though that a big freaking mess...

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Re: Train derailment yay
« Reply #12 on: Feb 2, 2009, 07:34PM »
yea good times :P

great, so that kind of crap will be holding up my car, car parts and iced coffee imports if i move to WA next year?

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Re: Train derailment yay
« Reply #13 on: Feb 2, 2009, 08:12PM »
well hopefully we'll secede sometime soon and we won't even need a rail connection with you lesser states
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« Reply #14 on: Feb 2, 2009, 08:34PM »
yea good times :P

great, so that kind of crap will be holding up my car, car parts and iced coffee imports if i move to WA next year?

pay more for airfreight. and i find regular post can be quicker then other forms of postage
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Re: Train derailment yay
« Reply #15 on: Feb 2, 2009, 08:46PM »
well hopefully we'll secede sometime soon and we won't even need a rail connection with you lesser states

haha!

Stupid WA and its different time-zones :P
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« Reply #16 on: Feb 2, 2009, 09:34PM »
haha!

Stupid WA and its Daylight Savings

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Re: Train derailment yay
« Reply #17 on: Feb 2, 2009, 09:44PM »
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PS. May 16th Vote NO

amen to that

I will be very upset if it comes into permanency.

Also I got to see pics of it up close at work, but they're internal for now, so no can show!  Rest assured though, it sure as fuck is a train wreck.  There are wagons and bogies all over, and you can see some bits of rail are completely bent out of all recognition.  It looks like it'll be friday before it's open.
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Re: Train derailment yay
« Reply #18 on: Feb 3, 2009, 08:47AM »
so whats you WA kids issue with daylight savings?

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Re: Train derailment yay
« Reply #19 on: Feb 3, 2009, 09:04AM »
oh god. here we go again. grandpa noss and his daylight savings.... :P
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« Reply #20 on: Feb 3, 2009, 09:19AM »
well i've just never heard a good argument against it other than 'i dont like it' lol.

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« Reply #21 on: Feb 3, 2009, 10:47AM »
go away gramps
i cant be bothered listing all, coz this thread might get nasty.
you do know that its daylight over here well past 8pm. people wake up in the dark to get to work.

Serious people if you want an extra hour of light with your kids start work an hour earlier.
My friend was at the beach last night, no one there. So daylight savings FAIL
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Re: Train derailment yay
« Reply #22 on: Feb 3, 2009, 02:12PM »
I want more photos of de-railments :P :)
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Re: Train derailment yay
« Reply #23 on: Feb 3, 2009, 08:06PM »
+1 for more carnage


airfreight a car? are you joking me?

When i was in WA for a couple of weeks last year, it was light at friggin 5.30 am!!!! If not for daylight savings, that would have been 4.30!!!! Its 8.30 right now in ADL and still light outside, wipe the sand off your vaginas, WA and get with the times - dont be afraid of change

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Re: Train derailment yay
« Reply #24 on: Feb 3, 2009, 08:50PM »
We've had that change for a while now and we don't like it. That not a good enough reason? Oh sorry, the businesses are more important than us, remember. Government serves them, not the public.
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« Reply #25 on: Feb 3, 2009, 09:00PM »
WA is weird...

What sport do they like over in WA anyway?  5am cricket games?
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« Reply #26 on: Feb 3, 2009, 10:30PM »
daylight saving ftw.

I finished work at 6 and still had time to bum around for ages, then go watch the sunset at the beach.
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« Reply #27 on: Feb 3, 2009, 11:16PM »
Once they release some pics to the public I'll post them all here.  I don't want to lose a job I just started!

I don't like daylight savings because I like twilight being at 7-7.30pm in summer.  That's it.  I don't want more daylight in the evening.  Having sunset happen at dinnertime is good.
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« Reply #28 on: Feb 4, 2009, 05:15AM »
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WA does more trade with South East Asia then eastern states, More gain from SE asia in revenue then the east

WA is weird...

What sport do they like over in WA anyway?  5am cricket games?
We cant even get a stadium organised. Afl stadium, soccer/rugby field capacity increased and a venue for concerts
daylight saving ftw.

I finished work at 6 and still had time to bum around for ages, then go watch the sunset at the beach.
Still do with out DST.
Plus it starts and ends at the wrong times
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« Reply #29 on: Feb 4, 2009, 06:25AM »
+1 for more carnage


airfreight a car? are you joking me?

When i was in WA for a couple of weeks last year, it was light at friggin 5.30 am!!!! If not for daylight savings, that would have been 4.30!!!! Its 8.30 right now in ADL and still light outside, wipe the sand off your vaginas, WA and get with the times - dont be afraid of change

umm currently friggin black outside dude and its 5:30am
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« Reply #30 on: Feb 6, 2009, 08:53PM »
The line is open today as of 11.15am western time.  They built a deviation - it'll be a while before the main line is fixed.
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