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#11 CNJRoss

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Posted 17 August 2016 - 08:17 PM

The Washington Post, 8/17:
 

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Report: Wheel failure caused May CSX train derailment in Northeast D.C.

 

A wheel problem may have caused a CSX train derailment in May that spilled chemicals along a busy rail corridor in the District, according to an incident report filed with the Federal Railroad Administration.

 

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CSX Transportation said in the report to FRA that it determined the cause of the derailment was a failure in the “journal” portion of an axle on the first car that derailed, 70 cars into the train. Rob Doolittle, a spokesman for CSX, said the broken wheel is being analyzed to evaluate what may have caused the axle to break.

 

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Posted 18 August 2016 - 04:10 PM

WTOP radio, 8/18:
 

Faulty wheel blamed for CSX train derailment in DC

 

WASHINGTON — A new report from CSX blames a faulty wheel for a train derailment that sent more than a dozen train cars off the tracks earlier this year in Northeast D.C.

 

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Doolittle said the faulty wheel is being analyzed to determine what may have caused the axle to break. Doolittle said the portion of the axle that failed would not typically undergo visual or mechanical inspection.

 

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