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CSX - Derailment - Draffin KY, 02-15 and 02-16-2020

Rail Fan Adventure --

I drove up to Draffin most days after work and on the weekends to view the cleanup.

1. B&P Enterprises, a contractor specializing in railroad work including wreck cleanup, brought in a fleet of dump trucks to haul stone to fill the soft river bottom with a huge pad. 02-15-2020. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.
B&P Enterprises, a contractor specializing in railroad work including wreck cleanup, brought in a fleet of dump trucks to haul stone to fill the soft river bottom with a huge pad. 02-15-2020. CSX derailment Draffin KY.

2. Two Donahue Brothers sidewinders starting to move a tank car. Men scattered up the hill are watching the unstable slide. 02-16-2020. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.
Two Donahue Brothers sidewinders starting to move a tank car. Men scattered up the hill are watching the unstable slide. 02-16-2020. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.

3. Sidewinders moving a tank car. View 2. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.
Sidewinders moving a tank car. View 2. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.

4. Sidewinders moving a TILX 191300 tank car. View 3. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.
Sidewinders moving a TILX 191300 tank car. View 3. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.

5. Moving the tank car TILX 191300 down the slope to the storage area. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.
Moving the tank car TILX 191300 down the slope to the storage area. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.

6. R J Corman and Donahue Bros. were working together. View 2. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.
R J Corman and Donahue Bros. were working together. View 2. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.

7. Moving the tank car down the slope to the storage area. View 3. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.
Moving the tank car down the slope to the storage area. View 3. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.

8. Tank car storage area. View 4. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.
Tank car storage area. View 4. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.

9. Staging area. Some of the army employed on this derailment. A work train is parked below the crossing. CSX derilment. Draffin KY.
Staging area. Some of the army employed on this derailment. A work train is parked below the crossing. CSX derilment. Draffin KY.

10. Moving the tank car down the slope to the storage area. View 5. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.
Moving the tank car down the slope to the storage area. View 5. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.

11. B&P Enterprises excavator. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.
B&P Enterprises excavator. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.

12. Moving the tank car into position in the storage area. View 6. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.
Moving the tank car into position in the storage area. View 6. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.

13. An airboat was employed to deploy the containment booms around the engines to prevent spreading of diesel fuel and ethanol in the Russell Fork. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.
An airboat was employed to deploy the containment booms around the engines to prevent spreading of diesel fuel and ethanol in the Russell Fork. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.

14. An airboat was employed to deploy the containment booms. View 2. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.
An airboat was employed to deploy the containment booms. View 2. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.

15. Pumping out what ethanol was left in the tank car. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.
Pumping out what ethanol was left in the tank car. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.

16. Moving the FPEX wood chip hopper that had been the buffer car behind the engines. (In the distance). CSX derailment. Draffin KY.
Moving the FPEX wood chip hopper that had been the buffer car behind the engines. (In the distance). CSX derailment. Draffin KY.

17. Moving the FPEX wood chip hopper. View 2. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.
Moving the FPEX wood chip hopper. View 2. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.

18. Three excavators move up to keep the hopper from tipping. View 3. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.
Three excavators move up to keep the hopper from tipping. View 3. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.

19. Easy does it. View 4. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.
Easy does it. View 4. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.

20. Gently. View 5. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.
Gently. View 5. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.

21. More airboat action. It was very loud! CSX derailment. Draffin KY.
More airboat action. It was very loud! CSX derailment. Draffin KY.

22. Staging area. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.
Staging area. CSX derailment. Draffin KY.

Close-ups of the engines will come later. All for now.

Train images used by permission of Everett N Young