[outages] fiber cut - train derailment.

[Blake Pfankuch]

There was one reported in NY on the 27th.  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/27/nyregion/27staten.html?em

At 6:27 a.m., as a four-car train entered the Tottenville station, it struck the iron bumper that sits on the rails. The lead car derailed in the accident, which took place a few dozen yards from the Arthur Kill, the narrow channel that separates Staten Island and New Jersey.

No passengers were on board, and the two crew members on the train were not injured.


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From: Paul Ferguson [mailto:fergdawgster at gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 12:02 PM
To: Blake Pfankuch
Cc: virendra.rode at gmail.com; outages at outages.org
Subject: Re: [outages] fiber cut - train derailment.

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On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Blake Pfankuch <bpfankuch at cpgreeley.com>
wrote:

> Unless that train derailment is so new it hasn't hit the news yet, the
> derailment that I see occurred yesterday.  Network issues were
> non-existent until 1030 MST.  Level3 is giving scare reports of "issue
> fixed".  But not confirmed yet.
>

The only train derailment that I have heard of in the past 24h is in
"Northern Nevada":

"A freight train derailed in northern Nevada, triggering a bridge collapse
and major disruptions in rail service on one of the country's main
east-west lines, Union Pacific officials said."

"The derailment occurred Saturday morning in a remote area along the
Humboldt River about 10 miles west of Carlin and 260 miles east of Reno, UP
spokeswoman Zoe Richmond said. "

http://www.mercurynews.com/nationworld/ci_11322908

Caveat: I am not sure this is related to any network outages, etc.

- - ferg

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