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<blockquote data-quote="D2Cat" data-source="post: 1694034" data-attributes="member: 19322"><p>Because I've been to a couple of derailments and worked with the various crews. Primarily was helping the RR investigator in his initial responsibility of contacting local land owners, determine safe routes for the truck, who owned the cattle if it was rented ground, etc.</p><p></p><p>You are correct about FOMOCO owning the vehicles. How the insurance works, I'm not aware of. They are also the ones who determines their disposal. I'm pretty sure it all has to do with liability down the road.</p><p></p><p>It's a organized recovery when a train is off the rails. The guys on the crews have suit cases packed so they jump in their truck and head toward the wreckage. Often times is the cargo is lumber, coal or a loose usable product the RR doesn't care if folks load loose material. It's less for them to deal with, but when the first person shows up all people and vehicles leave.</p><p></p><p>There's a Hazmat crew often the first there and trucks hauling cranes. The replacement rails are already assembled in 40' sections and 7-8 sections on each truck. Cranes are removing cars off the bed area and out of the way. Other cranes will unload the rails and rotate and set them down for another crane to move to final position. </p><p></p><p>The crews put up lights and have the place looking like a major league ball field and work non-stop, as you can imagine. Last one I was at, I asked the super when will the track be open. He said trains will cross here at 9 tomorrow morning, and it was 2 in the afternoon! There were 14 cars off the tracks, and the replacement rails were on 5-6 trucks.</p><p></p><p>Here's a link to get some more information from one the the companies who do this kind of work. <a href="https://www.herzog.com/about-herzog/" target="_blank">https://www.herzog.com/about-herzog/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D2Cat, post: 1694034, member: 19322"] Because I've been to a couple of derailments and worked with the various crews. Primarily was helping the RR investigator in his initial responsibility of contacting local land owners, determine safe routes for the truck, who owned the cattle if it was rented ground, etc. You are correct about FOMOCO owning the vehicles. How the insurance works, I'm not aware of. They are also the ones who determines their disposal. I'm pretty sure it all has to do with liability down the road. It's a organized recovery when a train is off the rails. The guys on the crews have suit cases packed so they jump in their truck and head toward the wreckage. Often times is the cargo is lumber, coal or a loose usable product the RR doesn't care if folks load loose material. It's less for them to deal with, but when the first person shows up all people and vehicles leave. There's a Hazmat crew often the first there and trucks hauling cranes. The replacement rails are already assembled in 40' sections and 7-8 sections on each truck. Cranes are removing cars off the bed area and out of the way. Other cranes will unload the rails and rotate and set them down for another crane to move to final position. The crews put up lights and have the place looking like a major league ball field and work non-stop, as you can imagine. Last one I was at, I asked the super when will the track be open. He said trains will cross here at 9 tomorrow morning, and it was 2 in the afternoon! There were 14 cars off the tracks, and the replacement rails were on 5-6 trucks. Here's a link to get some more information from one the the companies who do this kind of work. [URL]https://www.herzog.com/about-herzog/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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