NS Derailment roundup...

Resets the "Days since a major derailment" to zero...

https://www.wcvb.com/article/freight-tr ... s/43400842

Several freight cars being pulled by Norfolk Southern engines derailed Wednesday in Ayer, Massachusetts.

The freight train derailed in the area of Sculley Road, the Ayer Fire Department confirmed. Sky5 flew over the area and saw blue cargo containers that rolled to the side of the tracks.

Fire officials said the railroad cars did not contain hazardous materials.

Is it just me or does NS seem to have more derailments than the other Class 1s?

Even before what happened in East Palestine, I noticed that there were more news reports about NS derailments vs other companies…

Photo on nerail: http://photos.nerail.org/s/?p=274314
Just judging by what track they’re on, they may have been in the process of doubling out of the Hill yard. Looks like they pulled the cars off the inside of the curve.

Away from the misinformation circus, as a matter of fact, this isn't even an NS derailment!

So, put away the clock and kill the "roundup". The train was being operated by Springfield Terminal, owned by CSX, as the soon-not-to-be operator of Pan Am Southern, jointly owned 50/50 by NS and CSX. It would be like simply pegging NS with a Conrail derailment involving use of their engines.

Yeah, gotta say I'm disappointed to see people on this site adding to the armchair alarmist crowd who's piling on NS over "derailments"....

There are 3+ derailments a day in the US reported to the FRA. Do the math -- NS has about 10-15% of the national trackage, so statistically they're going to have one every week or so.

Count this one as half a derailment since CSX owns half the railroad.

According to CBS Boston, CSX (NOT Norfolk Southern) issued the following statement------

"Just before noon today, a freight train operated by Springfield Terminals derailed five rail cars carrying ten intermodal containers holding solid waste on the Pan Am Southern rail line in Ayer, MA. There were no reported injuries to the crew, no hazardous materials involved, no leaks or spills of any freight and no impacts to the environment," CSX said in the statement. "CSX personnel are responding as the incident occurred on a line jointly owned with Norfolk Southern. We are working closely with local first responders to assess the situation and develop a recovery plan. The cause of the incident is under investigation."

The incident is not having an effect on Commuter Rail service, operator Keolis said.

It's not clear yet what caused the derailment.

CSX is the operating partner of the PanAm Southern line, but it could be a NS train. According to the WCVB report, the train was on a siding, not moving when it derailed. Local noted that the track was noticeably leaning. Although it isn't hazardous waste, you don't want trash leachate going into a brook. CSX & NS are in the process of turning this joint venture line over to a new Genesee & Wyoming subsidiary to operate. I assume the ground is newly thawed but still saturated with moisture.

BandA wrote:According to the WCVB report, the train was on a siding, not moving when it derailed. Local noted that the track was noticeably leaning.

A standing derailment - shades of Penn Central!