BandA wrote:Track failure is a big deal. Irrelevant that it was an empty train. Obviously triggered by temperature change; was listening to my deck making loud CRACK! noises last night. How fast do passenger trains (such as downeaster?) travel in that area?
BostonUrbEx wrote:The switch at Frye no longer exists as of the passing of 3701 and subsequent derailment.
F-line to Dudley via Park wrote:BandA wrote:Track failure is a big deal. Irrelevant that it was an empty train. Obviously triggered by temperature change; was listening to my deck making loud CRACK! noises last night. How fast do passenger trains (such as downeaster?) travel in that area?
Not very because it's inside of the Pan Am yard on the Lawrence station approach. Not sure what exact speed limit is, but can't be much more than 35 MPH on approach to the curve. And I'm sure a pre-5:00am deadhead is going to be traveling considerably slower than a passenger train because schedule-keeping isn't a concern.
Every track of every line is checked with hirail or before service every morning? That's amazing.F-line to Dudley via Park wrote:...This is why the standard issue pre-dawn deadheads and hi-trail truck inspections are out there always preceding the first revenue train of the day. If something went bump in the night, somebody's got to be the first to find out. Might as well be an empty deadhead with 2 Keolis staffers onboard rather than a train full of early-bird commuters stranded with the power cut on their coach when it's dark and 6 degrees out.
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