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 #1374027  by ThirdRail7
 
shlustig wrote:Does anybody know what happened to Wolverines #'s 352 & 354 (4th):

352 dropped 5' 00" east of Niles and 354 doesn't show as operating.

354(4) operated although with some delay. As for 352, please allow a brief fair use quote from:

Investigators looking into train-SUV collision near Dowagiac that killed a 66-year-old woman
CASS COUNTY (WKZO) -- A woman is dead after her SUV was crushed and torn to pieces by an Amtrak Train near Dowagiac just before 4 p.m. Friday.

Cass County Deputies say they believe the driver; 66-year-old Barbara Schult of Middlebury misjudged the speed of the passenger train.

Witnesses told investigators that she sped around other vehicles that had stopped at the crossing at Barron Lake Road and Pokagon Highway and tried to drive around the gates.
 #1374319  by ThirdRail7
 
ohioriverrailway wrote:Power problem in the NEC tonight? Lots of 'disruptions' and the juice-powered trains are showing 0 mph in the tracker. Nothing on Amtrak's website
It probably had a lot to do with this:
New Jersey Transit Train Strikes, Kills New Jersey Soccer Star


I can't seem to quote the article.
 #1374358  by srock1028
 
shlustig wrote:Does anybody know why #49 (7th) westbound Lake shore Limited lost 5'00" between NYP and Croton?
Engine 709's pistons were on the ground inside the engine room...not where they are supposed to be!
 #1377420  by STrRedWolf
 
ACeInTheHole wrote:Well, trespasser strike by BWI right in the thick of the morning Amtrak wave has backed up the works accordingly. The Vermonter for example is only just making NYP now, with the delayed 184 and the Crescent right on its tail.
More details on that. The suspect in a double-shooting at a Jessup truck stop jumped in front of MARC 502 near Annapolis Road and Whitfield Chapel Road in Lanham, MD. MARC 404 rescued the passengers of 502. MARC 406 was probably already in route and ordered to go slow past the scene before police ordered the railroad traffic halted while they investigated.

Traffic resumed around 12 noon, and there was a TON of Amtrak traffic backed up.

Edit: Here's the news ref. http://www.wbal.com/article/152561/2/ma ... e-shooting" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
 #1378234  by TheOneKEA
 
http://blog.amtrak.com/2016/04/update-p ... -train-89/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Amtrak train #89 collided with a backhoe on the tracks south of 30th Street Station. The lead engine derailed after the collision. The blog posting says that there were 341 passengers and 7 crew members on board and that some people were injured. All service between NYC and PHL is suspended.
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