Raw Video: Wind River Canyon Derailment (hi-def)

Second eyewitness (after highway patrol) to train derailment about one mile into Wind River canyon heading south from Thermopolis. The two engineers seemed ok, albeit cold, wet, and shook up. Update :




Freight Train Derails For 2nd Time In Wyoming

POSTED: May 18, 2010
CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- A freight train that wrecked last week in the Wind River Canyon derailed for a second time in Cheyenne during its trip from Montana to Denver.
Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Corp. Spokesman Gus Melonas said five freight cars derailed Monday afternoon as the train was switching tracks from the Cheyenne yard to the main line.
Melonas said the cars didn't spill any freight and there were no injuries. The line reopened Tuesday morning.
The same train derailed last Wednesday about five miles south of Thermopolis in central Wyoming, resulting in the spillage of diesel fuel, bentonite clay and barley.
BNSF removed the wrecked locomotives and cars, repaired the damaged track and reopened the line near Thermopolis on Saturday.

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[cbeng3001]

No, I was driving. Knucklehead

[cbeng3001]

We have departed the 'goldilocks era', I suspect. Nature, doing what it does. Interesting times no doubt.

[dallaspolo]

From frame 3:58 all the cars are there 4:00 they disappeared?

[cbeng3001]

@dallaspolo Ya, that's from when we drove back by, several hours later.

[redmanland2420]

thanks for the video i am working on the clean-up and its nice to see how it happened!

[cbeng3001]

@redmanland2420 Wow, that must be a logistical nightmare considering the location, i.e. river on one side, mountain on the other. I would love to see video of how they get that thing pulled out of the river.

[silencedogood2525]

Wow, what a terrible thing to have happen. Thank God the Engineer and Conductor are okay. And at the very least thats 2 GE locomotives off the road. Would have been a shame to lose EMDs.

[TheFlagman2]

Not a WAR-BONNETT!!! :(

[TPBX225]

"eww its seeping sh*t." - that's called grain woman

[freighthog3511]

What are you scratching your balls while you hold the camera you shaky retard!

[jorasave]

@silencedogood2525 And one thing you miss is the river contamination

[murkins001]

1:35 its a Fuel or smthing?

[Runkleforskin]

thank god it was nothing too important, you suck a fucking dick at operating a camera idtiot

[dalton1583]

Man hate that for them.

[TheFlagman2]

@themikester223 they took the end of the train off, so they could make it easier for a work train to get the front to the train out off there.

[CPRailRTC]

@trainster100 It's not that the dye will fuck up engines. Diesel sold for uses other than in motor vehicles (for farm, railway or industrial use) is taxed differently than road fuel (trucks, cars, etc.) The dye is present to prevent unauthorized use (some cheap trucker, since dyed diesel is cheaper). Transportation officers will often dip the fuel tanks of transport trucks to ensure they aren't using dyed diesel. If they are caught using dyed diesel, they willface stiff fines.