Heavy transformer load derails in Zidani Most, Slovenia

[Talltim]

Not sure what happened, but it looks like they actually had a lucky escape with exactly where it toppled, a bit further along it would have been over the edge. I feel for the poor operator who was in the cabin (the blue box visible in the river)

https://www.rtvslo.si/crna-kronika/v-zidanem-mostu-se-je-prevrnil-tovorni-vagon-v-nesreci-huje-poskodovan-ceski-drzavljan/653480

 

 

 

Reported by @Glorious NSE on Twitter

Edited January 9, 2023 by Talltim

[SHMD]

7 minutes ago, Talltim said:

... I feel for the poor operator who was in the cabin...

 

 

Especially, when he 's thinking "that lot is just 1 second behind me!"

 

/Speculation/

Has the track collapsed? (Doesn't look like it.)

Going too fast around that 2nd radius curve? (joke)

 

 

Kev.

[jonhall]

I wonder if the middle has ridden up the platform, which has provided sufficient rotation to pass the balance point?

 

Jon

[Colin_McLeod]

Interesting to see a steam loco on a plinth beside the railway.

 

[Dagworth]

That's going to be an interesting recovery.

 

Andi

[Talltim]

6 minutes ago, Dagworth said:

That's going to be an interesting recovery.

 

Andi

Yes. note also the high power cables running across the river and railway line directly above.

Edited January 9, 2023 by Talltim

[SHMD]

13 minutes ago, jonhall said:

I wonder if the middle has ridden up the platform, which has provided sufficient rotation to pass the balance point?

 

Jon

 

Maybe not "ridden up" but perhaps "pushed outwards" sideways, at the apex of the bend?

 

 

Kev.

 

[Talltim]

Those wagons are designed so the load can be moved sideways and up and down, (within limits).

[JDW]

Oops, that's not good, but very fortunate in where it landed. My first thoughts too were that given it looks to be on the curved route, it would seem highly likely that the frame has been pushed sideways by contact with the curved platform. I'd have expected it to have been going from left to right given right-hand running (ie exiting the station at this end) but that scenario would be even more likely if the frame (which presumably is much wider than a standard vehicle) has run up the platform ramp and been tilted over. That would have landed it pretty much where it is. It's hard to make out any obvious damage to track, platform or wall in that clip though.

[Talltim]

Reading the comments on the news article (I wouldn’t bother!) it seems the transformer was built in Slovenia and was en route to Finland

Edit: actually I may have misunderstood the comment about where it was built, it could have been someone from another country posting

Edited January 9, 2023 by Talltim

[Michael Hodgson]

5 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said:

Interesting to see a steam loco on a plinth beside the railway.

 

... and its driver is taking photos of the incident !

[Dagworth]

"Er, hello mate... yeah, this transformer of yours that we dropped, we were trying to pick it back up and it's like this... well, is it waterproof?"

 

 

[Clive Mortimore]

6 hours ago, Dagworth said:

That's going to be an interesting recovery.

 

Andi

Pity Maradona is no longer alive as it looks like his hand of god would be useful.

[33C]

Looks like a candidate for "When the real thing looks like a model" thread...

[EddieB]

On 09/01/2023 at 16:35, Colin_McLeod said:

Interesting to see a steam loco on a plinth beside the railway.

It's an 0-8-0T built by Vulcan (Stettin), works no. 2907 of 1913.  In the 1960s it was acquired by Steklarna Hrastnik (Hrastnik Glassworks), and is preserved as their "SH-1".  I think it was put on the plinth in 1994 - shortly after the break-up of the former Yugoslavia.  Here's a photo from 20 years ago - a rather foggy day!

 

 

Regarding the transporter vehicle that overturned - I think it is this 24-axle monster registered to Zagrebtrans in Croatia: Uaai-z 33 78 9964 900-4.  Due to its specialisation, it frequently operates into the surrounding countries.  Here's a view (partly obstructed by a more recognisable electric loco) from Komárom, Hungary in 2018.