by bth8446
Yes, I was on THAT train today, 6419 Southbound from Warminster. Nice new SL V cars.
Between Roslyn and Ardsley . . . thump boom bam bang. Lights stayed on for few moments, but TV screens went dark. Engineer applied brakes (probably could have coasted to Ardsley but probably suspected the worst, and stopped the train to minimize wire damage.
Seems he didn't have to worry about that. Dangling from the wires were the pantographs from the train. By accident or by design, they seem to be 'break away'. I'd be impressed if it was by design. The wire held and the front pantograph failed, the next hit the 1st, the 3rd hit the 2nd/1st . . .
So there we were, caught with our pants down (more on THAT later)
Noise wasn't that bad during the issue, at least I didn't think so. Conductors were great. Kept us informed. Crowd was calm even though they were given estimates of hour or two.
As usual, the call of nature, well, it called. A young lady walked towards the back looking for attention/make request of conductor.
It appears the degree of urge was inversely proportional to the ability to come up with euphemistic phrases. Frankly, her 'euphemizer' was broken. Knocked on the door window where a conductor was passing by outside (we were locked in and given a speech earlier that they were not allowed to let us set foot on the ballast. Safety, don't you know.
Stating clearly for all to hear, she said she had to pee REALLY bad, what should she do . . .
After brief session, she was allowed to depart the train. Oddly she was helped back on board. Guess they told her not to run for the nearest station. At this point several other 20 oz coffee drinkers gave a 'me too'. Somewhere between Ardsley and Roslyn, keep an eye out for a mound of yellow snow!
So, finally the rescue train came. We were Ardsley and Glenside short of going express so the train was pretty filled, 5 cars. They brought a 4 car train for rescue. We had to step down and back up to the next train. So there was a lack of seating. but THATS ok, Warminster service is suspended, they'll just truck us right down to Center city after giving folks option to leave at Glenside. Right? They'll make it the express it was supposed to be, right?
I was OK up to this point.
But they made that stinking train a local. They were letting on people at Jenkintown, elkins/Melrose, I think they skipped Fern rock, they stopped at Wayne Junction and of course temple. I was waiting for them to switch tracks and pick up north broad for the heck of it.
Can't wait for the ride home
Between Roslyn and Ardsley . . . thump boom bam bang. Lights stayed on for few moments, but TV screens went dark. Engineer applied brakes (probably could have coasted to Ardsley but probably suspected the worst, and stopped the train to minimize wire damage.
Seems he didn't have to worry about that. Dangling from the wires were the pantographs from the train. By accident or by design, they seem to be 'break away'. I'd be impressed if it was by design. The wire held and the front pantograph failed, the next hit the 1st, the 3rd hit the 2nd/1st . . .
So there we were, caught with our pants down (more on THAT later)
Noise wasn't that bad during the issue, at least I didn't think so. Conductors were great. Kept us informed. Crowd was calm even though they were given estimates of hour or two.
As usual, the call of nature, well, it called. A young lady walked towards the back looking for attention/make request of conductor.
It appears the degree of urge was inversely proportional to the ability to come up with euphemistic phrases. Frankly, her 'euphemizer' was broken. Knocked on the door window where a conductor was passing by outside (we were locked in and given a speech earlier that they were not allowed to let us set foot on the ballast. Safety, don't you know.
Stating clearly for all to hear, she said she had to pee REALLY bad, what should she do . . .
After brief session, she was allowed to depart the train. Oddly she was helped back on board. Guess they told her not to run for the nearest station. At this point several other 20 oz coffee drinkers gave a 'me too'. Somewhere between Ardsley and Roslyn, keep an eye out for a mound of yellow snow!
So, finally the rescue train came. We were Ardsley and Glenside short of going express so the train was pretty filled, 5 cars. They brought a 4 car train for rescue. We had to step down and back up to the next train. So there was a lack of seating. but THATS ok, Warminster service is suspended, they'll just truck us right down to Center city after giving folks option to leave at Glenside. Right? They'll make it the express it was supposed to be, right?
I was OK up to this point.
But they made that stinking train a local. They were letting on people at Jenkintown, elkins/Melrose, I think they skipped Fern rock, they stopped at Wayne Junction and of course temple. I was waiting for them to switch tracks and pick up north broad for the heck of it.
Can't wait for the ride home