by TomNelligan
I'm surprised that no one seems to have posted anything about the Boston-bound Acela run (train 2230) that got stranded for over five hours yesterday in Queens, leading to (among other unpleasant things) rather challenging sanitary conditions.
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I understand how pantograph damage would stop the train and possibly take down catenary as well. But given that this incident apparently happened not far from Sunnyside Yard, why could a yard crew not have pulled the dead Acela set back to Penn Station (or even to the LIRR Hunterpoint Avenue platform if Penn Station was too busy to accommodate it?) within a couple hours at most so that passengers could get off? The unflushable toilet situation sounds like a potentially serious health hazard.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/ ... story.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://boston.cbslocal.com/2018/11/25/ ... uck-train/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I understand how pantograph damage would stop the train and possibly take down catenary as well. But given that this incident apparently happened not far from Sunnyside Yard, why could a yard crew not have pulled the dead Acela set back to Penn Station (or even to the LIRR Hunterpoint Avenue platform if Penn Station was too busy to accommodate it?) within a couple hours at most so that passengers could get off? The unflushable toilet situation sounds like a potentially serious health hazard.