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Just because I can steal kevin and russ' thunder, Marquette came south this morning with 5 units and 3001 leading. Should be some good photos of drift plowing starting soon up yonder.

Video of the accident.

http://www.rfdi.info/amtrak.wmv

Raildudes dad wrote:

The condition of the LSA is unknown.

Do you mean SLE, Supervisor of Locomotive Engineers?

LSA = Lounge Service Attendant (Café car)

Update. The engineer was also recrewed this morning out of GR, I would think that they would have run out of time by the time that the accident occurred...

CHICAGO (AP) -- An Amtrak train plowed into the back of a freight train Friday on the south side of the city, seriously injuring five Amtrak employees in an engine car that hurtled to a stop atop a crushed boxcar. Most of the 187 passengers walked away. Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said ...

I was watching CNN and saw that segment. From what I can gather it *MAY* have been a mistaken signal. At the location that I gather the accident happened, a Slow Approach and a Restricting may have been confused. I would like to emphasize that this is nothing more than my conjecture.

Latest Information I have available Regular Engineer is Critically Injured - removed from the site by stretcher. Student Engineer was able to walk from accident site Conductors and Lounge Attendant were listed by Cook Co. hospital as in serious condition. There were 5 passengers that were also sent ...

The accident looks to have happened between Englewood (METRA crossing) and CP 518 From CNN.com At least five Amtrak crew members were critically or seriously injured Friday when their train collided with a freight train traveling on the same track, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford sa...

Slow speed accident

the engine road up on the rear of the preceding train by about 25'

1 engineer walked away, the other was removed on a stretcher.


-G

P-371-30 Amtrak 8 west rear ended a freight train around 52nd and Shields. 3 passengers injured, 1 Engineer was removed on a stretcher and taken to the hospital (according WGN Chicago) approx 150 passengers were aboard, including a school trip.

Will update throughout the day.

-G

"NAVY" and yes it was on the back of Amtrak tonight. The car goes back home to Coopersville tomorrow afternoon. The car runs under the marks PPCX 800188. Amtrak applies the 800 numbers to all cars that are not owned by Amtrak, but are qualified to run on their trains. The car may make another run sh...

Q-334-24 Departed GRP 01:25a
CSXT 8317
CSXT 8580
CSXT 8738
CSXT 7631

73 Cars Total
12-20 MQT Box cars, wonder if they have any left up north?

Photos of the Marquette train start here.

http://railroadfan.com/gallery/displayi ... pos=-42709

All that and NO pictures? Tiny how could you.... tisk tisk tisk

I find it amusing that the AML dispatchers would cause such interest seeing how its only one of the 4 desks inside of the center at the 14st yard. Whole lotta jobs here.....

When and why does Amtrak switch to Superliners? The Horizons HEP connections are to close to the ground, which freeze, and short out. The cars were designed with a different HEP connection scheme in mind, they have 4 sets of Male connections where the typical car has 2 sets per end. The set which i...

Well Zack that statement says how long it has been since you have been there.... The picnic table was removed for the impending winter season. Ad if you catch it at the right time, there is some traffic... Some scheduled some not so much....

Some of us are actually nice.... Then there is Russ... Sigh some will learn at some point...

X500-13 CP 9537 and CP 9595 made it to Grand Rapids around 1600, added some boxes to the head end and departed by 1645. Y201 was making up D700 on 4 track (IIRC) Q327 arrived around 1900 BNSF - west bound empties arrived after Q327 Met up with Chris for a few minutes were able to determine that noth...

Now why on earth would we want to see pictures of you actually working. It will mar this perfect slacker image i have of you.....

~Glenn