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Date: 05/27/16 15:07
WUS Delays
Author: hazegray

Multiple delays due wire and sun kinks. holiday travel at its worst!



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Date: 05/27/16 15:43
Re: WUS Delays
Author: mbutte

Was on the 4:20pm Express MARC train to BWI and we were only ~15" delayed...not bad all things considered!

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Date: 05/27/16 16:51
Re: WUS Delays
Author: Pumbaamd

There was also a small fire on the Long Bridge just before rush hour. Slight delays there. Video of fire boat in action.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2016/05/27/fire-on-railroad-tracks-of-long-bridge-in-southwest-washington-halts-area-train-traffic/
Rick



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Date: 05/27/16 17:04
Re: WUS Delays
Author: Lackawanna484

Thanks for the fireboat snippet. They can deliver astonishing amounts of water on a fire.

The (decommissioned) John J. Harvey supported a dozen pumper trucks at the World Trade Center attack in 2001.

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Date: 05/27/16 17:26
Re: WUS Delays
Author: WesTrent

Delays getting worse as Acela #2126 left WUS 47 minutes late due to what our conductor reported as wires down and a disabled train at New Carrollton.

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Date: 05/27/16 17:47
Re: WUS Delays
Author: Dcmcrider

First it was a fire on the Long Bridge, then switch failure at Union Station, then a heat kink at L'Enfant. No "early getaway" if you depended on VRE today.

Paul Wilson
Arlington, VA

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