[Scan-DC] Re: VRE runaway locomotive

[RICHARD ROWLAND]

>  That "public was not in harm's way" statement sounds like total bull & 
> probably made with a great sigh of relief !
> al


Yea!!! I wonder who was blowing the whistle at the grade crossings,
I am not familiar with the trackage, surely there may have been one or 
more..

Somewhere around the early 90's, not sure of the year, Richmond's flood wall
had been completed. A crew was on a scaffold checking a gate, I seem to 
remember
what was probably a CXS got loose, ran quite a distance, struck the closed 
gate
and did some serious injuries to the workers.

Richard Rowland
RichRowl at worldnet.att.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "al" <ald61650 at comcast.net>
To: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 10:01 PM
Subject: [Scan-DC] Re: VRE runaway locomotive


> At 08:00 PM 10/10/2007, you wrote:
>>The engine rolled from the train yard in Spotsylvania County and was
>>eventually stopped just north of the Rappahannock River in Stafford.
>>It was on tracks shared by both freight and passenger trains. It
>>approached the Fredericksburg train station going about 10 miles per
>>hour.
>>
>>VRE spokesman Mark Roeber says the public was not in harm's way and
>>no other trains were in the way.
>>
>>Richard Rowland
>>RichRowl at worldnet.att.net
>
>
>  That "public was not in harm's way" statement sounds like total bull & 
> probably made with a great sigh of relief !
>
>
> al
> --
> so md , usa
>
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