by Mikejf
Just heard on the local news in Maine this morning advising of a derailment south of Haverhill. Amtrak riders from Portland will need to transfer to busses to continue to Boston. Any info on this? Injuries?
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BandA wrote:Track failure is a big deal. Irrelevant that it was an empty train. Obviously triggered by temperature change; was listening to my deck making loud CRACK! noises last night. How fast do passenger trains (such as downeaster?) travel in that area?Not very because it's inside of the Pan Am yard on the Lawrence station approach. Not sure what exact speed limit is, but can't be much more than 35 MPH on approach to the curve. And I'm sure a pre-5:00am deadhead is going to be traveling considerably slower than a passenger train because schedule-keeping isn't a concern.
BostonUrbEx wrote:The switch at Frye no longer exists as of the passing of 3701 and subsequent derailment.Really? I ask, because someone reported that the crossovers at I-495 aren't in service yet, so the only way into Lawrence Yard would be to run up to North Andover, clear Frost, and back in to the yard on Track 17 . Am I missing something here?
F-line to Dudley via Park wrote:Deadhead moves are ran at track speed, and still are governed by an approximate schedule that is published per Bulletin Order. Looking at the Globe's pictures showing where the train derailed, track speed is 60 and that overhead walkway in advance of the locomotive is the normal braking point for the 30 mph through CPF-AS. Obviously we don't know what signal the train was running on so it may have not be doing MAS.BandA wrote:Track failure is a big deal. Irrelevant that it was an empty train. Obviously triggered by temperature change; was listening to my deck making loud CRACK! noises last night. How fast do passenger trains (such as downeaster?) travel in that area?Not very because it's inside of the Pan Am yard on the Lawrence station approach. Not sure what exact speed limit is, but can't be much more than 35 MPH on approach to the curve. And I'm sure a pre-5:00am deadhead is going to be traveling considerably slower than a passenger train because schedule-keeping isn't a concern.
F-line to Dudley via Park wrote:...This is why the standard issue pre-dawn deadheads and hi-trail truck inspections are out there always preceding the first revenue train of the day. If something went bump in the night, somebody's got to be the first to find out. Might as well be an empty deadhead with 2 Keolis staffers onboard rather than a train full of early-bird commuters stranded with the power cut on their coach when it's dark and 6 degrees out.Every track of every line is checked with hirail or before service every morning? That's amazing.