I visited the NICTD meeting (and they commented on the NICTD re-alignment bill too)
earlier a truck on the toll road jack-knifed spilling its steel rollers load onto the South Shore tracks below, the huge heavy rollers whacked onto the overhead, hit the track and did severe damage to both tracks. I was confused exactly what the accident was from news reports, the meeting cleared it up. One roller hit a rail and literrly snapped a short piece out of the rail, a few poles were disfigured. Imagine if there was a train down there, or a busy highway.
South Shore was out of service for most of the day, one track was activated late then later the other.
no pics, but maybe somebody else does?
There will be lawsuits on this, NICTD lost service revenue and they showed that also.
earlier a truck on the toll road jack-knifed spilling its steel rollers load onto the South Shore tracks below, the huge heavy rollers whacked onto the overhead, hit the track and did severe damage to both tracks. I was confused exactly what the accident was from news reports, the meeting cleared it up. One roller hit a rail and literrly snapped a short piece out of the rail, a few poles were disfigured. Imagine if there was a train down there, or a busy highway.
South Shore was out of service for most of the day, one track was activated late then later the other.
no pics, but maybe somebody else does?
There will be lawsuits on this, NICTD lost service revenue and they showed that also.