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Auto-Train Derailment DeLand FL

Started by Brian556, March 27, 2020, 12:28:24 PM

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Brian556

March 27, 2020, 12:28:24 PM  
https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2020/03/27/amtrak-auto-train-derailment-deland-florida

Didn't see any passenger cars or locos in the video. Guess they didn't derail and were taken away. Its odd to see a derailment where all the cars just lay over on their side, but remain in a straight line

1995hoo

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March 27, 2020, 12:37:36 PM  
The article says no passengers were injured. I wonder how severe the damage to the passengers' automobiles was.
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D-Dey65

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April 29, 2020, 09:54:20 PM  
That was over a month ago, and I heard nothing about it until tonight!

kphoger

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April 30, 2020, 11:24:55 AM  
That's the way the news goes.  Even with a jillion news outlets and 24-hour coverage–when there's something big going on, that's all you hear about.
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1995hoo

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April 30, 2020, 11:38:10 AM  
I never saw any follow-up articles describing how much damage the automobiles suffered. It had to have been pretty severe.
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—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

Mr. Matté

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April 30, 2020, 02:41:03 PM  
Quote from: 1995hoo on April 30, 2020, 11:38:10 AM
I never saw any follow-up articles describing how much damage the automobiles suffered. It had to have been pretty severe.

This was the only post-incident thing I found about it (archive.org link due to hard paywall): https://web.archive.org/web/20200411005024/https://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2020/04/06-new-amtrak-ceo-in-town-hall-employee-event-discusses-auto-train-derailment-recovery

1995hoo

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April 30, 2020, 02:50:28 PM  
Quote from: Mr. Matté on April 30, 2020, 02:41:03 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on April 30, 2020, 11:38:10 AM
I never saw any follow-up articles describing how much damage the automobiles suffered. It had to have been pretty severe.

This was the only post-incident thing I found about it (archive.org link due to hard paywall): https://web.archive.org/web/20200411005024/https://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2020/04/06-new-amtrak-ceo-in-town-hall-employee-event-discusses-auto-train-derailment-recovery

Thanks for that.

QuoteA 17-member emergency response team was dispatched to Lorton and continued to support passengers "by getting baggage and personal effects returned to them and (arranging for) vehicle replacement."

I wonder what "vehicle replacement" involved.
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
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commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.
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