Is Ford Cursed?

[janitorjim]

better the car transporters then what is in those tankers

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[C.moore01]

Ahh yes, auto racks being run on the head end of a mixed freight train lol .. this isn’t the first time auto racks have been derailed due to position in train won’t be the last since lessons are never learned

 

[FoD]

Gives a whole new meaning to:

Found
On
Road
Dead

Found
On
RAILROAD
Dead

Fixed it for ya.

Double fixed
Found
On
Railroad
Damaged

 

[RANGER_MARC]

Or just having some really bad luck? Between the chip and commodity shortages now there was a train derailment with F150's onboard. Luckily no one was injured but there's a lot of damaged trucks.



https://www.freep.com/story/money/c...s-crushed-missouri-train-accident/5494548001/


Train derails, crushing newly built Ford F-150 pickups traveling through Missouri

Is this what they mean when they say Ford trucks are "torture tested"?

 

[Trigganometry]

This morning’s memo at Ford: An incident on a rail line has damaged a shipment of vehicles. We’re sending out a team over the weekend to retrieve the electronic chips so that they can be placed in waiting vehicles in the yard waiting for shipping. Volunteer’s get a bonus for their efforts. Once the bus going is full offer ends. Snooze you lose!

 

[samsd]

I worked for Penn Central and Conrail 1975 to 1984, worked a derailment of new full size vans. No salvage, the big Cats crushed and pancaked every van, not sure if that is what to be done here.

 

[Fawnbuster]

Well, look on the bright side, if they part them out , that will be a boost to customers waiting on parts!

 

[vanapagan]

I can see marketing coming up with Ford "Scratch and Dent" special days.

 

[towpro]

I looked at the pictures, one ejoyr vehicle hanging out the end of a carrier looks like it has a blue ovle on the grill, but that van laying out in the open looks like a GM. could this be a mixed group of manufactures?

 

[RecoilOperated]

I worked for Penn Central and Conrail 1975 to 1984, worked a derailment of new full size vans. No salvage, the big Cats crushed and pancaked every van, not sure if that is what to be done here.

I assume that because these are full of hard-to-get electronics and wrapped in expensive aluminum panels they might be more apt to try and salvage some of them.

 

[Charley]

Remember when you were actually able to see the automobiles on the train cars? I guess due to vandalism or theft the train cars were outfitted with those side panels.

 

[AzScorpion]

Remember when you were actually able to see the automobiles on the train cars? I guess due to vandalism or theft the train cars were outfitted with those side panels.

I remember that well. The way they graffiti the box cars now can you imagine what the vehicles would look like?

 

[samsd]

I assume that because these are full of hard-to-get electronics and wrapped in expensive aluminum panels they might be more apt to try and salvage some of them.

I believe it is a liability more than anything. In todays eco friendly environment, I would think they would have to be disposed of their fluids and recycled where possible. Maybe someone here has more relevant info on how the railroads handle a salvage operation like this.

 

[Ronbo]

I’ll bet the dampers failed . ???

Yeah, I had to go there. ??

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaw_damper_(railroad)

 

[AzScorpion]

I worked for Penn Central and Conrail 1975 to 1984, worked a derailment of new full size vans. No salvage, the big Cats crushed and pancaked every van, not sure if that is what to be done here.

It's hard to see all the pre-productions ones crushed too. I get why they do it but man seeing hundreds of Broncos head for the crusher is heartbreaking.

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