[Scan-DC] Re: VRE runaway locomotive

[cohenner at gmail.com]

I don't believe (all though I am not sure) that there are any grade crossings along that route.. Need to check Google Earth. 

BTW, VRE really does have an excellent reputation. I am very impressed with their customer service and attempts at ensuring the service runs smoothly. Of course there are hitches, but VRE really tries to overcome them. Much better than their partners to the north...
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-----Original Message-----
From: "RICHARD ROWLAND" <richrowl at worldnet.att.net>

Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:15:48 
To:<scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>, "al" <ald61650 at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Re: VRE runaway locomotive


>  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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