• Non-revenue train derailment in QV 9/7

  • Discussion of the past and present operations of the Long Island Rail Road.
Discussion of the past and present operations of the Long Island Rail Road.

Moderator: Liquidcamphor

  by geico
 
Second derailment in the same general area as of late..
Any word on how bad this one is?
  by ConstanceR46
 
It appears both were empty dump gondolas, one Ex-MNCR and one LIRR.
  by Kelly&Kelly
 
Those side-dump hoppers are junk and were when the LIRR bought them. There was a loaded car behind empties, and the truck fell off one of them. This all happened at way less than 15mph; probably about five...
  by 4behind2
 
Just like the ore jennies, and not too far from the famous ore jenny derailment that decimated Queens Interlocking.