Wow, someone had a bad day! Scary, the derailed train is surrounded by tank cars, glad none were ruptured!
Loved the views. Some really nice 1:1 weathering and loads! At times I felt like I was looking at a model.
The couple seems to have taken it all in stride without the crazed OMG! fanfare that prevails with even minor events in this era. I'd like to live close to the tracks, but not too close.
Wreck clearance in the 21st Century is mostly provided by 3rd Party Wrecking Contractors. Depending upon a number of factors, the home location of the contractor, how many units the contractor has to apply to incidents and how many incidents the contractor may be working it can take an anywhere from 2 hours to a day or more for the contractor to get his units on site and working. Personally I am not aware of any Class 1 railroad that still crews and maintains a Wreck Train with a heavy lift (200-250 ton) rail mounted crane. Through my career I had to opportunity to be at major derailments that were worked by a Wreck Train and its crane and another derailment that was worked by a derailment contractor with off track equipment. It would take 20-30 minutes to set up the outrigger blocking for the Wreck Crane every time the crane had to be moved from its prior setup. The off track Cat D8's & D9's with A style side frame were able to maneuver to multiple lifting locations on the derailed equipment move it out of the way and come back for move moves in less time that it would take to set up a rail crane - and with less manpower required.
