Sometimes referred to as 'hate carriages' as well.
Posted on 02/04/2018 7:43:23 AM PST by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Two dead and 70 passengers are injured as Amtrak train smashes into freight carriages in South Carolina
At least two people have died and dozens more are seriously injured after a passenger train smashed into freight carriages in South Carolina.
Officials said more than 70 people had been transported to local hospitals after the Amtrak service flew off the line. Several of those injured suffered broken bones. It's still unclear if any of the passengers are being treated for life-threatening injuries.
The crash occurred around 2.30am when the Amtrak service, traveling between New York and Miami, collided with the CSX freight train, which was carrying diesel.
The train company said that 139 passengers and eight members of crew were on board at the time and emergency services were currently treating the injured.
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So the CSX train was on a side track, unmanned. My guess is that when CSX pulled a switch to move their train there they didn’t put it back. The problem is that would have been blatantly obvious on their dispatch board so I’m looking at either a severe human neglect or a signal failure.
From a UK paper. In the UK, goods wagons or freight carriages run on tracks supported by sleepers. In the US freight cars run on tracks supported by ties. Rail transport is something that evolved after 1783 and before Satellite communications. Some of the vocabulary terms are different between UK and US english.
From a UK paper. In the UK, goods wagons or freight carriages run on tracks supported by sleepers. In the US freight cars run on tracks supported by ties. Rail transport is something that evolved after 1783 and before Satellite communications. Some of the vocabulary terms are different between UK and US english.
It’s probably all on CSX unless Amtrak didn’t inform them of...something.
I rode this train once from Florida to Washington DC for Reagan’s funeral. They told us the Amtrak train has the highest priority for the use of the tracks - as long as it maintains its schedule. We were 8 hours late and had to be shunted off the mainline numerous times to let a freight train go by because we were late, which made us even later.
Sounds Europeany.
Do any a$$hole liberals think it’s funny yet?
carriages is what they say in the UK.
“carriages” —> British term for rail cars.
They talk funny over there.
I’m reading a book (fiction) about an Amtrack crash. Even if most of these passengers have “non-life threatening injuries”, they can still be affected for the rest of their lives. This should never happen.
Its a brit thing, happens all the time at Daily Mail.
Sometimes referred to as 'hate carriages' as well.
Wasn’t there a thing years back when the Chicago Bears played in London, and instead of calling William Perry “The Refrigerator” they called him “the Pantry”?
They should learn English
Right. From the pictures you can see that the rail cars are those automobile transport type cars. There is a vehicle storage facility (Hansen and Adkins) right at the accident site where these rail cars are loaded or off loaded. Someone on the freight side forgot to get permission to access the main line. Maybe the 2 fatalities are the guys up front in the engine. Prayers for all involved.
Amtrak is the worst rail carrier there is. You’re gambling with your life if you board an Amtrak train.
That said, CSX is a mess right now due to the Hunter Harrison re-organization. That guy messed up CSX so bad that the STB and the FRA are all over them.
Amtrak uses CSX track through user fees, and rely on timetables for track usage. Harrison flouted that agreement.
And he threw the CSX employees under the bus when he turned the NE corridor into on giant railroad traffic jam.
Ha ha. I don’t remember that but...?
I was stationed in England for 3 years but I don’t remember another name for a “refrigerator”. A vacuum cleaner was referred to as a “Hoover”. My (American) wife’s family called a refrigerator a “Frigidaire”.
Don’t forget: loo, boot, bonnet, brolly, bangers, lift, boffin, dodgy, anti-clockwise, arse, bumf (i.e., bum fodder), jumper, torch, drink-driving, “Bob’s your uncle,” the mains, car park, move house / removal, pitch (a playing field), chinwag, fag, crisps, spanner, knickers, motorway, petrol, rucksack, wanker, slag off, yob, sod off, torch...and many more.
Aluminium — the Brits laugh at us dropping the last “i” to “aluminum.” I was hiking with a Brit a month ago and he made the logical point we do not drop the “i” from other metals like sodium, zirconium, potassium, so why drop it from “aluminium.” I couldn’t argue that good point.
There are many more I’ve encountered in my long years working with brits.
There are a couple I especially like: Cheers (very common) and Cheerio (does not seem to be so common now) are very cheerful ways to say “bye.”
...between New York and Miami...
I’ve taken that trip, once. Not an enjoyable experience.
“England and America are two countries separated by a common language!”
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