Derail
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A derail or derailer is a device used to prevent fouling of a rail track by unauthorized movements of trains or unattended rolling stock. The device works by derailing the equipment as it rolls over o
Hinged derail with automatic blue flag
A derailed train car at a closed siding
A derail device installed on a siding at Glen Haven, Wisconsin, oriented to protect track located off the bottom of the picture
Derail on Nemuro Main Line, JR Hokkaido. It is set so that a train proceeding away from the camera will remain on the track.
CSX 8888 incident
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The CSX 8888 incident, also known as the Crazy Eights incident, was a runaway train event involving a CSX Transportation freight train in the U.S. state of Ohio on May 15, 2001. Locomotive #8888, an E
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…the open Newark Bay lift bridge. Although the derailer did work, it was insufficient as #3314 had such great speed that it was unable to stop in time. CSX 8888 incident: On May 15, 2001, CSX 8888, pulling a train of 47 cars including some loaded with hazardous chemicals, ran uncontrolled for two hours at up to 82…
A CSX EMD SD40-2 locomotive, similar to the locomotive involved in the incident
A portable derailer