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Passenger Trains > Amtrak Train Breaks Down While Pulling Out Of Penn StationDate: 04/23/17 23:21 Amtrak Train Breaks Down While Pulling Out Of Penn Station Author: GenePoon Amtrak Train Breaks Down While Pulling Out Of Penn Station
WCBS April 23, 2017 2:56 PM > NEW YORK — An Amtrak train broke down in the Hudson River tunnel > while leaving Penn Station Sunday. > > Amtrak said Empire Service train No. 233 to Albany (which does not > use the Hudson River tunnels -GP) became disabled sometime around > noon while pulling out of Penn Station. > > A total of 238 passengers were on board awaiting a rescue train to > pull it back to the station early Sunday afternoon, Amtrak said. > > Amtrak confirmed the train fell victim to engine failure. Passengers > said the lights on the train flickered and stopped. > > “How long is this going to last? was the big, the big worry,” said > Upper West Side resident Frank Von Zerneck, who was traveling with > his wife, Julie. > > “We got halfway through the tunnel,” Julie said. > > “And it just stopped dead,” Frank added. > > The engine trouble meant no air conditioning and limited lighting. > > “There was no Internet coming in, no service,” Julie said. “We > couldn’t catch our breath after a while, so then we started to get > annoyed… it was really hot.” > > Anthony Cavalieri, 12, was traveling with his family. He told WCBS > 880’s Peter Haskell he heard “screeches on the tracks.” > > “I didn’t know what was happening on the tracks,” Anthony said. > > Antoinette Hedge was also on board. > > “We were sitting for an hour before a rescue train drove us back to > the station,” she said. > > She called the experience “boring, hot and uncomfortable.” > > Passengers also complained about the breakdown on Twitter. > > Passengers were later returned to Penn Station. The train was to > reboard and leave again at 2:33 p.m. > > “The lovely conductor woman said they’re sending a rescue engine to > pull us back to the station, and there was applause,” Frank said. LINK: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/04/23/amtrak-train-penn-breakdown/amp/ Date: 04/24/17 00:19 Re: Amtrak Train Breaks Down While Pulling Out Of Penn Station Author: aronco No WIFI? Have they no mercy? Oh, the agony!
Norm Norman Orfall Helendale, CA TIOGA PASS, a private railcar Date: 04/24/17 03:25 Re: Amtrak Train Breaks Down While Pulling Out Of Penn Station Author: joemvcnj Stuck in a dark tunnel with no air nor lights with no ability to communicate is very stressful, especially when dealing with a bunch of boobs.
Posted from Android Date: 04/24/17 09:00 Re: Amtrak Train Breaks Down While Pulling Out Of Penn Station Author: GenePoon This STATE OF GOOD REPAIR issue, tracks out of service for maintenance,
and signal/switch issues at Swift, all conspired to cause cascading delays of up to two hours into/out of Penn Station on Sunday. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/24/17 09:02 by GenePoon. Date: 04/24/17 10:37 Re: Amtrak Train Breaks Down While Pulling Out Of Penn Station Author: RevRandy Hmmmm ..... dual mode locomotive and neither mode was working apparently.
Date: 04/24/17 11:28 Re: Amtrak Train Breaks Down While Pulling Out Of Penn Station Author: toledopatch RevRandy Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Hmmmm ..... dual mode locomotive and neither mode > was working apparently. If the problem was with something other than its electricity source, the mode in use wouldn't matter. |