A new year! An old cancellation to start things off...
Anderson/Woburn inbound 352 cancelled due to mechanical problem.
Anderson/Woburn inbound 352 cancelled due to mechanical problem.
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BostonUrbEx wrote:352 was likely scrapped to send an extra set to Littleton which then turned there. Completely unannounced in the text alerts. 447, which usually runs to Littleton, ran to North Leominster and turned as 450 with extra stops. 408 was very late but right behind 450.WCRB radio says there has been a derailment on the Haverhill line? And WCVB says, at a little after 0600:
Just now: Haverhill Line suspended between Andover and Lawrence for a 'track issue'. I bet there's a broken rail from the extreme cold this morning.
Haverhill Line passengers may consider taking the Lowell Line from Anderson/Woburn. There is a large parking lot to accommodate passengers...unless you don't have access to a car, which is why you're taking the train, in which case we don't care about you.
EdSchweppe wrote:Keolis has a video up with Rich Murphy (Keolis Director of Train Operations) explaining what happened:Not mentioned is that 352 was cancelled as well as part of the recovery plan
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Summary: non-revenue extra ("draft") derailed just north of Andover going through an interlocking, where "the track structure failed" (don't know why yet), trapping 5 of 25 north side trainsets. Thus they cancelled 447/450 and 051/052 - but "we expect the track to be back early this afternoon".
RRCOMM wrote:Both the MU and the COMM connector use the 27 pin plug. However to prevent potentially dangerous cross connections the blue colored COMM cable is keyed at an offset that is different than the MU cable, hence it will not plug in to the MU receptacle.OK, color me curious. What's the difference between the comm cable and the MU cable? Do you need both (plus an air hose) to tie two trains together?
Worcester Line Train 537 (7:20 pm from South Station) is operating 15-20 minutes late between Framingham and Worcester Station due to a track problem.Been sitting here at Framingham station for about fifteen minutes, so we'll see. Oh. And to top it all off, the "Welcome aboard..." greeting (?) has been going off (3 times so far) in 5 minute intervals.