by Tommy Meehan
Train538 wrote:It depends on when the NTSB actually arrives at the scene...According to the NTSB site they had a "go-team" en route by 8 00 PM.
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Train538 wrote:It depends on when the NTSB actually arrives at the scene...According to the NTSB site they had a "go-team" en route by 8 00 PM.
Clean Cab wrote:I'm trying to understand what train was on what track? The pictures seem to show the headend of the westbound train struck the rear of the eastbound head car?1581 (westbound) was on track 2 and 1548 (eastbound) was on track 4.
Backshophoss wrote:Tom,the WCBS stream during "traffic reports" segments is reporting "shuttle" type ops between Bridgeport- New Haven,Bus to So No,all stops to GCT.That's terrific. Give 'em an A+!
The Rail Traffic Controller based in Grand Central advises conductors to tell passengers there is a major delay between South Norwalk and New Haven, Patch contributor Harold Cobin reports.Link
The controller says they are attempting to establish eastbound shuttle service to New Haven.
Buses are arriving at Norwalk Police Headquarters at South Main and Monroe streets to transport passengers east. The police headquarters is a block east from the South Norwalk train station.
What a mess the NTSB is making out of the New Haven line by holding things up... I'm assuming Metro-North can't tell us whether the bad track was due to the construction in the area or something else yet, as it's a pending federal investigation? They're saying service might not be fully restored by MONDAY!!!! 60 years ago, it would have been up and running tomorrow morning!I was thinking exactly the same thing. The New Haven RR would have had the New Haven and Oak Point steam-powered derricks cleaning up the mess within a couple hours. Contemporary government bureaucracy is wonderfully efficient, isn't it?