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Post by mysteryjim on Jan 14, 2011 23:17:36 GMT -5
Just left kroger and saw the train that backs into Ford partially flipped over and derailed.
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Post by JoePieper on Jan 14, 2011 23:47:26 GMT -5
Nice. Hope there are no new trucks on it.
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Post by mysteryjim on Jan 15, 2011 11:00:23 GMT -5
As many as 30 cars of a freight train derailed in eastern Jefferson County late Friday night near the Oldham County line.
No one was hurt, and all the cars were reported to be empty, according to a MetroSafe Communications supervisor.
A train of about 85 cars was traveling on the rail line near the intersection of Chamberlain Lane and La Grange Road when the derailment occurred around 10:30 p.m., and some cars fell on their side, the supervisor said.
The cause of the derailment wasn’t known immediately.
Source: Courier-Journal.com 1/14/11
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Post by bo862 on Jan 15, 2011 14:46:57 GMT -5
This is the second time in the same spot in about 5 years ...
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Post by fuckugettelfinger on Jan 15, 2011 22:07:29 GMT -5
Nice. Hope there are no new trucks on it. You guys load directly to trains?....nice. |
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Post by JoePieper on Jan 15, 2011 22:27:44 GMT -5
Yep. Some go out by semi and some go out on rail cars. How do they do it in KC?
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Post by dcassity on Jan 16, 2011 9:22:52 GMT -5
we have a company that takes the trucks and escapes to different staging area then they load them on either trains or semi trucks. we lost are multi level tears ago.  |
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Post by ktpschd on Jan 16, 2011 9:57:47 GMT -5
Reminds me of my favorite poem that applies to the Scheduling department:
I don't get to drive the train
or even ring the bell..
but let the damn thing jump the tracks
and see who catches hell.
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Post by fuckugettelfinger on Jan 17, 2011 8:46:24 GMT -5
Yep. Some go out by semi and some go out on rail cars. How do they do it in KC? They are transported by truck to the local dealerships. The ones that get shipped by train are moved to a big rail yard a couple miles away. |
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Post by JoePieper on Jan 17, 2011 10:09:01 GMT -5
Yep. Some go out by semi and some go out on rail cars. How do they do it in KC? They are transported by truck to the local dealerships. The ones that get shipped by train are moved to a big rail yard a couple miles away. The tracks go right into the plant property. We also have it so the parts trains come into the plant. We have two trains inside the plant now. We used to have one in the Body Shop but they took that one out a few years ago. Now we have one between the body shop and frame lines and one between the frame lines and engine line. |
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Post by Calvin@KTP on Jan 17, 2011 12:16:49 GMT -5
Both LAP and KTP have multiple railheads running right into the plant.
It's one of the things that help make both plants very profitable.
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Post by fuckugettelfinger on Jan 18, 2011 21:27:16 GMT -5
We have a few trains that come in to bring parts...mostly body shop and engine lines stuff. But, we don't load directly to trains. At least not yet. That is another one of the many rumors. The property goes almost to the rail yard they are transferd to now. Rumor is they wanna build a rail line and load the vehicles directly to the train.
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Post by kessinger on Jan 21, 2011 18:46:04 GMT -5
fgf, we dont load vehicles on them either. We just have trains in plant that brought in parts.
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Post by JoePieper on Jan 21, 2011 19:06:03 GMT -5
Oops my error. I always thought they were loaded here too. Guess I learned something.
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Post by ktp399 on Jan 22, 2011 3:05:46 GMT -5
They used to load trucks onto trains at the lot that faces Westport Rd. Unless it has changed in the last few years.
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Post by ktpgal89 on Jan 22, 2011 4:22:33 GMT -5
They used to load trucks onto trains at the lot that faces Westport Rd. Unless it has changed in the last few years. We drive the trucks off the end of the cal line and take them thru the sqweak and rattle test. Outside people then drive them down to the train, but I don't know the name of the company. |
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Post by stl2kc on Jan 22, 2011 15:10:43 GMT -5
Years ago we had multi-level jobs in St.Louis were we loaded vehicles directly on the trains on the assembly plant property, then the jobs were out sourced.
I am at KCAP now and they don't have a rail line to directly load the vehicles on trains.
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