Rail Reflexions Magazine

Issue 18, September 2002

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Reversed Switch in "Dark" Territory
• Mix-up with Warm Bearing
• Did You Say Something?
• The Good, the Fair, and the Poor
• Risks on "Other than Main Tracks"
• Faulty Mental Picture
• Statistics
• Summaries
• Investigations
• Final Reports

Figures

• Figure 1 - Schematic of Northwood and Thamesville
• Figure 2 - Simplified sketch (not to scale) showing pull-by inspection and WIS locations relative to the accident location
• Figure 3 - Layout of rail fractures

Photos

• Photo 1 - Overhead photograph of accident site looking northwest
• Photo 2 - West crossover switch, Mile 46.72, lined and locked in the reverse position
• Photo 3 - Right side shown after locomotive was righted. Damage is more extensive at the front right and along the right side of the locomotive
• Photo 4 - Aerial photograph of accident site
• Photo 5 - WIS site equipped with dragging equipment detector and hot wheel detector
• Photo 6 - Reduced sight distance approaching accident site
• Photo 7 - Rear-end car of train 839 at accident site
• Photo 8 - View of the missing section of the running surface of the switch point. The arrow points to a crack in the rail adjacent to missing head fragments
• Photo 9 - Front end of a locomotive after colliding with a stationary train
• Photo 10 - Wheelchair of the same type as one of those involved in the accident, but not with identical specifications, with a castor wheel in the field side of the rail
• Photo 12 - The left front of train 792 (lead locomotive CN 2548)
• Photo 13 - Wreckage of container from train 471 embedded in cab of lead locomotive of train 472

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