North-bound train service back to normal

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North-bound train service back to normal



BANGKOK: -- The State Railways of Thailand (SRT) said today that north-bound train service is now back to normal after the oil train which derailed in Lamphun province yesterday was salvaged from the rail tracks and oil spills cleared.

It said the repair of the damaged rail tracks after the derailment finished by 10 pm last night, and the oil tankers which spilled diesel oil and blocked the tracks were towed off, enabling the first train to Chiang Mai from Bangkok which left yesterday afternoon to pass.

The resumption of the service today has helped to bring thousands of passengers stranded at several railway stations in the North, particularly at Chiang Mai and Lamphun since yesterday back to Bangkok, and vise versa.

The SRT said the derailment was caused by a broken head shield of a tanker wheel that brought all the 13 tankers to run out of the tracks.

The oil train hauling oil and cement from Saraburi to Chiang Mai derailed before dawn Wednesday in Lamphun province, spilling more than 300,000 litres of diesel oil on the railroad.

The oil train was on its way to deliver diesel oil and cement to PTT oil depot in Chiang Mai.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/north-bound-train-service-back-to-normal


-- Thai PBS 2016-01-07

[BigBadGeordie]

North-bound train service back to normal.

So that will be the vast majority of trains arriving 3 to 6 hours late.

Jolly good, well done chaps!

[DonaldBattles]

When the Chinese dim Sum Train starts to operate wonder who will keep it on the track. You haveto be crazy to ride either the big bus or the train in Thailand.

[ratcatcher]

"The SRT said the derailment was caused by a broken head shield of a tanker wheel that brought all the 13 tankers to run out of the tracks."

Head shield = Heat shield on railcar brakes. I suspect a bearing or brake problem and subsequent broken wheel caused derailment. Thai tank cars are not the most modern.

Railroads[edit]

Railroads have been using disk brakes on passenger cars for more than 60 years, but coupled with a Rolokron anti-lock system to avoid the creation of flat spots (or “square wheels”) when wheels lock and skid on the rail surface (audible as steady bang-bang-bang noise as a train goes by—not to be confused with the bang-bang...bang-bang....bang-bang sound made by wheels rolling over a rail joint).

Wiki:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brake_fade#Railroads

[Redline]

They replaced all the tracks 1 or 2 years ago!?

[ratcatcher]

They replaced all the tracks 1 or 2 years ago!?

So, we can assume the derailment was caused by something other than poor tracks?