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Passenger Trains > Damage to trackage in Baltimore worse than expectedDate: 12/17/14 13:48 Damage to trackage in Baltimore worse than expected Author: GenePoon The damage to Amtrak trackage between Baltimore Penn Station and
West Baltimore that has necessitated emergency trackwork and single-tracking, causing delays, has been revealed as being "more significant than first thought." MARC says the problem is to one of the two tracks in the B&P Tunnel. The work was estimated to be done by Thursday, Dec. 18 but now will continue until Wednesday, Dec. 24. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/17/14 14:09 by GenePoon. Date: 12/17/14 14:14 Re: Damage to trackage in Baltimore worse than expected Author: cutboy2 Old age? Dragging equipment?
Date: 12/17/14 14:19 Re: Damage to trackage in Baltimore worse than expected Author: Jishnu cutboy2 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Old age? Dragging equipment? Water seepage. Date: 12/17/14 14:30 Re: Damage to trackage in Baltimore worse than expected Author: Out_Of_Service block stone lining ...
Posted from Android Date: 12/17/14 18:37 Re: Damage to trackage in Baltimore worse than expected Author: 3rd_Raton Out_Of_Service Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > block stone lining ... I'm ALWAYS amazed the dang thing is still standing. I remember walking through the tunnel back in the days when I was a Tower Operator at B&P Jct tower (interlocking now named "Charles"). This was done with a track inspector while the one of the tracks was out of service for the installation of the concrete floor/trackbed. I remember how much water was running through the tunnel just from seeps in the walls. Later on during one of my head-end road trips on a rainy day I noticed even more water coming out of the walls. Back then every Wednesday night one track was taken OOS so that a special truck could go into the tunnel and pump grout into the walls. |