Clean up at the office

[celly]

Some of you may know, I work for Union Pacific Railroad. I work an extra board that covers when people take vacation or are sick and I'm on call 24/7. Sometimes, as an extra board employee, I get to see some of the nasty derailments and accidents that tend to happen in my field. Some rad, some not so rad. This was a not so rad day. Well that's if you like brand new American made cars like I do.

A loaded westbound auto train derailed 4 cars on the heavy grade (2% grade) right outside of Colfax, CA and then dragged them a mile before stopping.

Here's what it looked like from the cab of the locomotive -

This was taken after we laid the new rail panels down -

More carnage (notice the wheel axels off to the left) -

Another cool angle (the far one that's peeled open had the real goods in it) -

The not-so new Chevy Equinox! UP bought all these vehicles btw -

Here is the real goods. This whole car, full of Camaros. Ouch. -

It makes me what to cry...

[Krakerman]

Wow!

Glad I wasn't expecting my new car being delivered from that train. Hopefully nobody got hurt? How long does it take to clean up a wreck like that?

[Kustom Kid]

On the plus side, GM can claim those as cars sold. Seriously, that really sucks, and I also hope no one was hurt.

[celly]

Forgot to mention, NOBODY was injured thankfully. And last night, they opened the rail that we fixed yesterday so that's pretty cool.

[Draco1962]

I hope Bumblebee was OK.

[Adultery]

LOL @ Drac.

Holy crap that's a mess! Do you guys get to scrap them for parts?

[hansolo77]

Meh, I'd buy that Camaro in the last pic. Just needs a little paint, new windshield. Wonder if they'd sell it to me for real cheap?

[celly]

I really don't know where they go after an accident like this happens. Honestly, I'll take any one of those cars and fix it up. Little bondo, some duct tape and it'd be good to go.

[Adultery]

I'd be willing to bet there was a pee test administered shortly after this happened! LOL