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re: Train Derailment in Avoyelles Parish today.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 10:35 pm to Traffic Circle
Posted on 5/7/25 at 10:35 pm to Traffic Circle
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That’s somewhere up north, right?
CENLA you uncultured swine
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Posted on 5/8/25 at 12:44 am to S
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CENLA you uncultured swine
Posted on 5/8/25 at 12:59 am to The Drizz
Posted on 5/8/25 at 5:50 am to The Drizz
Derailment with more than 30 cars.........
pictures and video only show the engine
pictures and video only show the engine
Posted on 5/8/25 at 7:17 am to The Drizz
It’s arguable that any change to the status quo in Avoyelles can be considered as an improvement.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 7:25 am to kywildcatfanone
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Corman derailment finna eat
R.J. Corman doesn't really specialize in derailments in this area. That more than likely will be Hulcher and B&P (they each have side-boom crews based out of Port Allen)
Posted on 5/8/25 at 7:33 am to The Drizz
Train derailment probably made improvements in that God forsaken parish
Posted on 5/8/25 at 7:47 am to CENLALSUFAN
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On the railroad we call it FRED.
fricking rear end device
Nowadays with PSR, half of the time the EOT is a remote pusher unit instead of a FRED anyway.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 7:53 am to The Drizz
They'll bring in Hulcher and that mess won't be a mess much longer.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 8:05 am to Dandaman
quote:This
Some Avoyelles lawyer popping champagne right now without even knowing the facts.
There seems to be 100 ambulance chasing leeches in Avoyelles.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 8:14 am to The Drizz
When I see all the carbon capture uproar I think about all the dangerous chemicals on the railroad, many that pass right by schools. No one ever mentions those dangers.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 8:19 am to The Drizz
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Train Derailment in Avoyelles Parish today.
That must have been one hell of a tree that fell.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 8:38 am to The Drizz
Humpty Dumpty didn't have to go to school 
Posted on 5/8/25 at 8:58 am to Jim Rockford
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seem to also remember one in Winn parish
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Collision of a Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Freight Train and a L. V. Rhymes Tractor-Semitrailer - Goldonna LA 1977
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About 2:15 p.m. c.s.t., on December 28, 1977, Louisiana & Arkansas Railway freight train Extra 4102 North collided with a log-laden tractor-semitrailer on the Vine Street crossing in Goldonna, Louisiana. The 2 diesel locomotive units and 22 cars of the train were derailed. A "jumbo" tank car loaded with about 31,000 gallons of liquefied petroleum gas was ruptured and the cargo ignited. The resultant fireball enveloped an area 1,200 feet wide including parts of Goldonna's business and residential districts. Two train crewmembers were killed; the truckdriver, a train crewmember, and eight bystanders were injured. Total damage was estimated to he $1,256,000. About 900 persons were evacuated from tine Goldonna area.
The probable cause of the accident was the excessive speed of the train, the failure of the truckdriver to approach the railroad at a speed which would allow him to stop short of the approaching train; and the obstructions which reduced the truckdriver's ·field of vision. Contributing to the cause of the fatalities to train crewmembers were the ignition of LPG which escaped from head punctures to a l12A340W tank car, deformation of the locomotive operating compartment, and location of the LPG tank car near the locomotive in violation of Federal regulations.
This was in Natchitoches Parish, but a stone’s throw more or less to Winn Parish.
NTSB - Goldonna 1977
Posted on 5/8/25 at 10:40 am to S
Tree fell on the one of the engines as the train was rolling through. Derailed that engine and 30 other cars. Diesel and propylene glycol leaking . Evac zone is 1/2 mil radius from the derailment .
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