Passenger Trains > Amtrak Train Breaks Down While Pulling Out Of Penn Station

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/

No WIFI? Have they no mercy? Oh, the agony!

Norm

Norman Orfall
Helendale, CA
TIOGA PASS, a private railcar

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

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.

Hmmmm ..... dual mode locomotive and neither mode was working apparently.

RevRandy Wrote:
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> 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.