Passenger Trains > Damage to trackage in Baltimore worse than expected

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.

Old age? Dragging equipment?

cutboy2 Wrote:
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> Old age? Dragging equipment?

Water seepage.

block stone lining ...

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Out_Of_Service Wrote:
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> 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.