Major derailment at Platteville!! Z train derails 15 cars and hits tractor trailer. Scatters cars all over highway 85. All lanes closed. Pass the word, contact FRA, government officials. The Z Train does NOT get a legal Class 1 initial terminal inspection! Also all inbound Z trains and I trains coming into Denver WD640 are NOT getting an inbound inspection! Carmen are specifically told not to look at any Z or I train or they will be pulled from service. Per Terry J, Brian G and Carl S. These are FACTS.
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No signal arms on that stretch of sub! Multiple fatalities on that stretch over the years due to vehicles trying to out run trains, especially from Brighton Co, to Eaton co,
The phuuucking Halliburton truck tried to beat the train ! All of us that work For the u.p know all about psr! This accident had nothing to do with psr and all to do with a dumb–ss truck driver!
I noticed no answers on the shortcuts being taken. Just bs.
FRA,LOL!
What shortcuts are being taken?
Notice the UP defenders on here are debating the cause of the derailment not the fact that shortcuts are being taken across the UP system. I wish some sort of independent safety org (not the fra) would come in and see all the shortcuts UP takes. If only the public knew what types of chemicals are rolling through their towns. They’d be air testing those trains the right way twice.
A lot of highballing going on in all Union Pacific yards the management are puppets
Wow, I believe the UP Public Safety Manager that has been active along the Greeley and with Halliburton had his job recently eliminated per the risk management AVP. At least the risk management reps were saved to go and recollect what they can and continue to cut and ignore the public safety side.
- p. way ,another crew out the door, guilty till proven innocent and another $200.000 on the Christmas bonus
Another Locker room lawyer that cannot state the facts. Completely oblivious to the fact that the train hit a loaded Halliburton truck at a crossing
So did it make first OS or nah??
It's still cheaper to pick them out of the ditch then to maintain them. Shareholders need there money!
Were any shareholders hurt. No ok. Highball
There is no inbound requirement in the regulations. Be professional and try to learn about your profession.
I heard it was a in adjusted hose support.
Can someone please just tell me if it made first OS? I’m sick to my stomach not knowing!
The report that I read says it has everything to do with PSR.... Z train possibly had defective brakes and or a BO car? Signal arms possibly not maintained or working properly? Possible Locomotive issues? All due to PSR ....
Uh oh one of the leaders out of Denver is getting triggered
Train derailed because it hit a tractor trailer! We are not here for your made up facts. We're here to try to find out what is really going on. So stop with the b—s—
Come on now, Fritz assured us all that corners aren’t being cut and safety isn’t being sacrificed for productivity. Pshhhh... carry on.... nothing to see here.
Sounds like you should call the FRA, also sounds like the yard I work in. I have been told personally to stop looking for UF defects because it does not fit into the dwell goal. Good hi ball roll by air test. Hurry up and get it done, it rolled in it will roll out, it will make the trip, bla bla bla bla.
Woah now, first thing we need to know is if it made first OS? Can anyone out of Denver verify?