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Passenger Trains > #11 not movingDate: 02/09/16 00:54 #11 not moving Author: korotaj On #11 now "half hour" N of Dunsmuir not moving because of a freight train "emergency" ahead somewhere. Anybody have any info? No talk of bustitution yet.
Date: 02/09/16 06:11 Re: #11 not moving Author: korotaj Three hours down. Freight train brake issue according to rumor mill.
Date: 02/09/16 06:32 Re: #11 not moving Author: korotaj Conductor says air hose break, 5 hour delay for freight, finally got it moving.
Date: 02/09/16 08:15 Re: #11 not moving Author: SP4360 5 hour air hose? That must be a new record for a hose. Must be more to the story, like couldn't get it unscrewed, broken off in the coupling, something.
korotaj Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Conductor says air hose break, 5 hour delay for > freight, finally got it moving. Posted from Android Date: 02/09/16 10:15 Re: #11 not moving Author: TCnR Last week they lost the trainline on a car. They had to find a carman with a hose ( I presume they went around it with a hose, not sure if that's they preferred method anymore) to get across the car, it sounded like they had to drive down from KF. I'm sure there's some sort of inspection required for that as well.
Date: 02/09/16 10:46 Re: #11 not moving Author: goneon66 maybe the train had to be tied down.........
66 Date: 02/09/16 11:07 Re: #11 not moving Author: ValvePilot Where were the utility men?
No bid in utility jobs to protect against these kind of occurances? Date: 02/09/16 11:14 Re: #11 not moving Author: TCnR Just a reminder that there's a RR Radio feed for Dunsmuir hosted by Mr Photo Bob.
I also notice the Chico Feed has a great deal of info including the Valley and Feather River areas, the Dispatcher seems to include the Dunsmuir area and the Valley areas at times. Date: 02/09/16 15:28 Re: #11 not moving Author: ProAmtrak It seems from what i recall listening to 2 BNSF Freights that had the same problems, normally it's a simple fix, seems like it's getting more and more complicated!
Date: 02/09/16 19:35 Re: #11 not moving Author: jp1822 Always something in the Cascades!!! But I guess any mountain range will have similiar results.
Date: 02/09/16 20:19 Re: #11 not moving Author: coach A UP man here in Eugene told me his maintenance crew is down to a bare bones skeleton crew (I found out while doing a delivery). Probably the same in Dunsmuir. No sense of urgency any more on the RR's. They just keep getting slower, and slower, and slower... They hope nothing at all will happen, but when it does, even an air hose--CRISIS!
Date: 02/09/16 21:36 Re: #11 not moving Author: portlander If the train broke on the grade abouve Dunsmuir, it's likely that the conductor would have had to tie in the neighborhood of 50 handbrakes. Add that to the response, repair and untie times, it could add up to five hours.
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