CSX Train Derail Crash in Patapsco State Park near swinging bridge- Day 1

aftermath of CSX freight train derailment 3-26-10 in Patapsco Valley State Park Orange Grove area near swinging bridge. Crash site area was blocked off, and not much action until after dusk, so not a whole lot to show here. B&O marked gondola is a casualty.

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[shortliner68]

Us Baltimore old timers remember another train derailment pretty near this same location back in the 1960s. One derailed Western Maryland car (either hopper or gon) was left in place and just covered over on the hillside. Hurricane Agnes may have uncovered it and possibly it was removed when the OML was rebuilt through this area. Solid daytime WM coal hopper trains along this line were commonplace back then.

[BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

@shortliner68 That car is still there, although rusty and covered in brush

[iusetano]

Excellent video *****. Was that Hulcher Services that was doing the cleanup?

[BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thanks. Yes it was. Part 2 is coming soon and will show Hulcher.

[Nexis4Jersey]

They really need to upgrade there tracks and stuff.

[CR6479]

csx needs to stop acting like Penn Cenral

[meccaturbo]

@coolcatevan9 He's partly right. CSX has been the least safe of the 4 major class 1 railroads in the last 10+ years. They are improving, but they still have safety issues.

[SuperNorfolksouthern]

wow!

[coolcatevan9]

@CR6479 I think Your logic Isnt right, although Penn. central DID have problems, CSX is Not like Penn.

[CR6479]

@coolcatevan9 csx is running like penncenteral it was the worst railroad. it derailed way too many time. didn't follow the rules. didn't care for their workers safety etc.

[coolcatevan9]

@CR6479 what does that mean?

[PRRK4Lover]

@NSHammerhead yeah, and when they were uprighting a hopper car they failed and the thing slammed into the ground loosing a set of trucks.

[Wishuey]

I "work" at the B&O Museum in Ellicott City; wasn`t there Friday but am told the train made a god-awful racket as it passed the museum a mile or two west of the derailment site. It seems one of the trucks had derailed some distance west of the museum, judging by the damage to the ties and spikes. The truck probably pulled the following cars off the rails when it reached the switch at (Avalon?).