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Viewing Album:  PNWR "Toledo Hauler" Derailment, Corvallis
 
By:Charles Bonville
Dates:4/11/2007 - 4/12/2007
Album Info:6 derailed box cars and the reconstruction activities.
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Was it spread gauge?
Title:  Was it spread gauge?
Description:  Seeing this track gauge here, you have to wonder if spread gauge was the cause of this event. Note the angle bar in the lower right that's missing a bolt. From that point north, the rail rolled over.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:35 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Rail rolling over
Title:  Rail rolling over
Description:  Here you can see that the rail is still nearly upright at left, and fully rolled over at right, in a distance of less than 40 feet.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:37 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Sitting on rolled rail
Title:  Sitting on rolled rail
Description:  The nearest rail has rolled over 90 degrees to the outside.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:38 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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CNW 155230 over Adams Ave.
Title:  CNW 155230 over Adams Ave.
Description:  CNW 155230 straddles Adams Ave. crossing. SP 230122 is at left. Here you can see the rolled rail returns to upright, thanks to the crossing preventing the rail from rolling over.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:38 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Good thing for crossings
Title:  Good thing for crossings
Description:  Thanks to this crossing, the derailment was limited to seven box cars. Due to SSW 60965 dropping back down to the ties while CP 42452 was still riding "high" on the asphalt of the crossing, the train broke and the air brakes dumped. That's my theory, anyway.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:39 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Tow those cars
Title:  Tow those cars
Description:  Various cars needed to be towed away so that the P&W lift crane had room enough to get into position for re-railing the box cars.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:39 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Box cars on the ground
Title:  Box cars on the ground
Description:  A wider view of the overall scene.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:41 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Nearest milepost
Title:  Nearest milepost
Description:  Based on this milepost at Jefferson St. crossing, I would say this derailment occured at MP 688.68 to 688.74.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:42 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Preparing to re-rail SSW 60965
Title:  Preparing to re-rail SSW 60965
Description:  The P&W life crane backs into position to give this box car a lift.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:42 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Preparing the crane
Title:  Preparing the crane
Description:  Workers place the support stands into place as the crane is readied for the lifting.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:43 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Adams Ave. crossing
Title:  Adams Ave. crossing
Description:  Another view of these box cars off the rails over Adams Avenue.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:44 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Box cars over rolled rail
Title:  Box cars over rolled rail
Description:  Two derailed box cars between Washington Ave. and Adams Ave.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:45 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Switch and rolled rail
Title:  Switch and rolled rail
Description:  Here you can see the Bailey Jct. switch and the rolled rail. A track gauge sits on the curb near the switch.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:45 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Views:  333   Comments: 0
Track gauge
Title:  Track gauge
Description:  A closer look at the track gauge.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:46 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Odd place for trash
Title:  Odd place for trash
Description:  I thought it odd to see these cans sitting in a hollow of the wheel truck.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:46 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Views:  275   Comments: 2
SP 355268
Title:  SP 355268
Description:  This woodchip gondola is the first car that wasn't derailed, of the cars that were behind the seven derailed box cars.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:47 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  260   Comments: 0
SP 355143
Title:  SP 355143
Description:  Seems kind of silly to have placed those two traffic cones to close that pedestrian crossing.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:48 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  286   Comments: 0
SSW 60965
Title:  SSW 60965
Description:  Still making adjustments to get the axle to set properly.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:49 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Views:  326   Comments: 0
SSW 60965
Title:  SSW 60965
Description:  Almost there, but the axle isn't setting back into place in the truck.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:49 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Views:  232   Comments: 0
Way off track
Title:  Way off track
Description:  A closer look at how far this box car has deviated from the rails.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:50 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Views:  346   Comments: 0
CP 42452
Title:  CP 42452
Description:  Wheels off the rails at Adams St. crossing.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:51 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Views:  307   Comments: 0
Resetting the axle
Title:  Resetting the axle
Description:  The wooden blocks are being used to reseat the axle into the truck.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:52 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Views:  246   Comments: 0
Placing the blocks
Title:  Placing the blocks
Description:  Placing the blocks so that the axle can be forced back into place.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:52 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Views:  213   Comments: 0
Hammer time
Title:  Hammer time
Description:  Using a sledge hammer to knock the axle back into place. You can see about a 2" gap above the axle. The blocks are positioned so that the weight of this end of the car is substantially resting on this dislodged axle.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:53 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Views:  221   Comments: 0
Reset axle
Title:  Reset axle
Description:  The wood blocks help reset the axle into the truck. It has just now been reset.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:54 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Views:  231   Comments: 0
Placing hoppers into Corvallis Yard
Title:  Placing hoppers into Corvallis Yard
Description:  PNWR 2313 places these woodchip hoppers into Corvallis Yard so that the tracks can be cleared and made ready to resume service. It is unusual to see this yard completely empty.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:55 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PNWR 2313(GP39-2)
Views:  435   Comments: 0
Brazen fool
Title:  Brazen fool
Description:  The young fellow in the blue hoodie tried to walk through the work zone. A railroad worker removed him and told him of the poor choice he'd made.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:56 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Views:  275   Comments: 0
Temporary derail
Title:  Temporary derail
Description:  A temporary derail was put in place to prevent this car from entering the work zone to the right.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:56 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Views:  273   Comments: 0
Work site
Title:  Work site
Description:  Work in progress at Bailey Jct. switch.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:57 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck,Track
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Views:  241   Comments: 0
SP 230122
Title:  SP 230122
Description:  The SP box is now back on the rails, but the CSX box is not.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:58 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Views:  257   Comments: 0
PNWR 3001, 101, 102
Title:  PNWR 3001, 101, 102
Description:  The head-end power is back to pull the derailed box cars onto the tracks.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:58 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
Locomotives:  PNWR 3001(GP40-2) PNWR 101(RP-E4D) PNWR 102(RP-E4D)
Views:  738   Comments: 0
PNWR 2306, 2307, 3002
Title:  PNWR 2306, 2307, 3002
Description:  The head-end power is back to pull the box cars back onto the tracks.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:59 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Views:  258   Comments: 0
Toledo Hauler power
Title:  Toledo Hauler power
Description:  The Toledo Hauler power returned to the derailment site later in the afternoon after taking 40+ cars to Ashahr siding.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:51:00 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
Locomotives:  PNWR 2306(GP39-2) PNWR 2307(GP39-2) PNWR 3002(GP40-2) PNWR 102(RP-E4D) PNWR 101(RP-E4D) PNWR 3001(GP40-2)
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4 down, 3 to go
Title:  4 down, 3 to go
Description:  Four of the box cars have been rerailed, but the last three are not yet back on track.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:51:00 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Views:  211   Comments: 0
CNW 716289
Title:  CNW 716289
Description:  Box cars on the ground.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:51:02 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Views:  291   Comments: 0
In the dirt
Title:  In the dirt
Description:  Another view of the rolled rail, this time from the west side, looking east.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:51:03 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Views:  260   Comments: 0
Working hard to make it right
Title:  Working hard to make it right
Description:  You can see that a section of the rail that didn't roll has been removed.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:51:03 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Views:  277   Comments: 0
Ties at Bailey Jct.
Title:  Ties at Bailey Jct.
Description:  New ties await placement into service.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:51:04 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck,Track
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Views:  203   Comments: 0
Pulling rails
Title:  Pulling rails
Description:  Pulling rails out? I guess it's a faster way to get the track ripped up so new ties and ballast can be put in.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:51:05 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Views:  224   Comments: 0
Bailey Jct.
Title:  Bailey Jct.
Description:  Hard at work at Bailey Jct.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:51:07 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Views:  212   Comments: 0
PNWR 2313
Title:  PNWR 2313
Description:  PNWR 2313, currently assigned to the Corvallis Local job, prepares to get another cut of woodchip hoppers to be moved into Corvallis yard.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:51:08 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PNWR 2313(GP39-2)
Views:  423   Comments: 0
MP CK 703.40
Title:  MP CK 703.40
Description:  The crossing at 11th St, which was the first crossing not blocked to the south/west of the derailment.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:51:09 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Track
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Views:  242   Comments: 0
3 lonely woodchips
Title:  3 lonely woodchips
Description:  These three woodchip cars were pushed just west of 13th St. to make room for PNWR 2313 to begin moving woodchip cars into Corvallis yard.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:51:09 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
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Views:  243   Comments: 0
2313 ready to pull
Title:  2313 ready to pull
Description:  PNWR 2313 is ready to pull another set of woodchip hoppers away from the derailment area.
Photo Date:  4/11/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 12:50:34 AM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Wreck
Locomotives:  PNWR 2313(GP39-2)
Views:  492   Comments: 0
Reconstruction Zone
Title:  Reconstruction Zone
Description:  Here's is screenshot from Google Earth which shows the area where the railroad is being reconstructed after the east rail rolled over in the derailment. Note the measurement of the distance of track that will be rebuilt.
Photo Date:  4/12/2007  Upload Date: 4/12/2007 1:01:21 PM
Location:  Corvallis, OR
Author:  Charles Bonville
Categories:  Track
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Views:  334   Comments: 0

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