03/26/10 Vehicle On Train Tracks

Posted on March 26, 2010

On Friday, March 26th, Engine 4 was dispatched to a vehicle stuck on railroad tracks. As the engine crew was leaving the station a train could be heard in the distance heading in the direction of the incident. An immediate stop of all rail traffic was requested and not a moment too soon. The train stopped about a half mile from a vehicle that was stuck blocking both sets of rails.

The vehicle had mistakenly turned off of the hard-surface road onto the tracks and travelled about 60 yards before the ensuing damage disabled the truck. While on scene another train from the opposite direction was also halted heading toward the incident. The vehicle was removed and the tracks were inspected by the rail service before traffic was allowed to resume.