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Train Derailment In Flomaton: No Injuries
February 27, 2020
Two cars of northbound CSX train derailed in Flomaton Wednesday evening.
It happened at the College Street crossing, not far from Flomaton Elementary School. Both railcars were empty and remained upright.
There were no injuries and no hazards to the public, according to officials.
“We are very blessed for the incident to have occurred as it has with no injuries,” Flomaton Police Chief Chance Thompson said.
The College Street crossing remained closed for hours awaiting the arrival of equipment and the removal of the railcars.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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2 Responses to “Train Derailment In Flomaton: No Injuries”
Before CSX finds the true cause of the derailment, they will, knee-jerk, react by charging the crew in a company “investigation”. On the railroad, the term “investigation” is misleading. “Investigation” is just a euphemism for “company trial”. Just like, in normal courts, they send you “charging documents” and you need to make sure you have representation to go with you.
They do not care about finding the causes as long as they have scapegoats to be blamed.
In A TRUE “investigation”, they should be looking for causes, but all they do at a railroad “investigation” is to find how they can discipline the crew, especially, the engineer!
kinda odd that the railroad had crews repairing that section of track for a couple of days. had that particular crossing closed.