1 Million Dollars worth of 05 Rams totaled

[REPeeler]

Hope nobody here has a new Ram enroute from Mexico. We had a Derailment here in San Antonio Yesterday that Totaled 5 railcars of 2005 Rams! They figure each car had about 200,000 dollars worth of Trucks in them.
:--)

Ray

 

[CIverson]

mmmmmmm. Parts trucks! :-laf

 

[Spunkys Ram]

That's going to be some really bad news for some people. Yes they would make great parts trucks but the problem is where are they going to end up and how do we get ahold of them? Humm...

 

[MBigelow]

Bummer

Ray



I can't find any more info other than they were car carriers.



Can you provide info linking them with Dodge trucks?



Our ship date for a 3500 is Thursday, I hope they were not early. We're trying to get a truck before we have to pay another month of moorage on the boat :{



And for those that did have trucks on that train, hopefully they didn't get hurt being on their side for a day.



Mel

 

[REPeeler]

Just the fact that they were involved in a major derailment... . Makes them scrap by Union Pacific Standards. They will not even let them go to salvage for parts... they will be crushed because of liability issues.


I know they were Dodge trucks... I was there and seen the cargo and the manifest.

Ray

 

[mattymac]

Yes they would make great parts trucks but the problem is where are they going to end up and how do we get ahold of them? Humm...

I dont know how one gets ahold of them either, but a good friend of mine has a diesel shop and he has two 305 HO motors complete that he got from a bunch of trucks in a train derailment.

 

[thejeepdude]

Heeey... maybe THAT's where my friggin truck went!?!?

 

[Spunkys Ram]

I dont know how one gets ahold of them either, but a good friend of mine has a diesel shop and he has two 305 HO motors complete that he got from a bunch of trucks in a train derailment.

To bad I'm not ready to do my conversion yet in my Ford. I sure could use a good motor but no one has dropped off that bag I money I've been waiting for. :-laf

 

[BBailey]

They lost my truck too! Fortunately though it was just sitting in a rail yard in St Louis for over a week. The dealer sheet said it should have been at the dealer & it wasn't. Maybe that it what happened to your truck. Keep your fingers crossed but don't hold your breath.

 

[TSpecht]

How do I find out about this? Would a dealer have been notified if a truck they're expecting was involved in this? Mine supposedly left Laredo TX on Friday morning... I have no container number or anything, and I don't know what route it would take to get here. Do I need to ask the dealer for a VIN # in order to find tracking info?

 

[JoeyD]

Looks like Fordcummins is getting more motors. If you read their site they got 15 or so from a similar train wreck.

 

[mattymac]

To bad I'm not ready to do my conversion yet in my Ford. I sure could use a good motor but no one has dropped off that bag I money I've been waiting for. :-laf

Just let me know when your ready.