[Scan-DC] Re: VRE runaway locomotive

[JOHN ANTONELLI]

I wonder HOW they stopped the train.
--- cohenner at gmail.com wrote:

> 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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