Incident with N&W 475

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Marty said "to whoever should have checked the switch before the engine went by (I assume that is someone's duty).” 

On just about any railroad, that would be the crew of the train or engine moving over the switch, in this case, the engineer and fireman. Unless there’s a switchtender on duty, there is no one with the responsibility of checking switches other than the crew (and even then, the crew is still responsible for checking even if they’ve been told they’re lined up).

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Larry Stone
lstone19 at stonejongleux.com





> On Nov 6, 2022, at 4:02 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> "So the smokebox is ruined but behind is the boiler tubes etc. are they also damaged? I hope someone is cleaning out their locker. I’m glad the number board wasn’t in the center."
> 
> From what I understand, none of the tubes or other vital components were damaged, and Strasburg has stated they hope to have her back in service soon, like weeks, not months.  Also sounds like multiple people were at fault, from the maintenance crew who didn't close the switch the previous day, to the engine crew who may have been going to fast and not paying close enough attention, to whoever should have checked the switch before the engine went by (I assume that is someone's duty).  Someone didn't finish their job the day before and everyone else was probably on autopilot.  
> 
> Marty Flick
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> So the smokebox is ruined but behind is the boiler tubes etc. are they also damaged? I hope someone is cleaning out their locker. I’m glad the number board wasn’t in the center.
> 
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> > On Nov 2, 2022, at 6:32 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> > Someone on FB had a view of it from the train. I don't know if you can download that one or not.
> >
> > This is sickening to see and hear.
> >
> > It looks like this was the first run of the day based on their schedules for other days.
> > The work crew had been out this morning working on the new yard. I wonder if the crew put the backhoe into storage and forgot to put the switch back to the normal setting.
> >
> > Phil Miller
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> > Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 2:59 PM
> > To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> > Subject: Incident with N&W 475
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> > The former N&W #475 had an incident earlier today, but there is not a lot of detail yet.
> >
> > Jim Laney
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