Rescue Train
Oct 5, 2007 | 4:05 pm
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Rescue Train
Anybody on 148 right now? We're stopped just north of Trenton waiting for an NJT "Rescue Train". Perhaps we can convince them to open the cafe?
Oct 5, 2007 | 4:37 pm
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Actually, if we ever do get decent Internet service on planes, it'd be hilarious if we saw threads for people saying "I'm on UA 2092 in seat 29F--anyone else on this flight?" and we saw five or six responses...
Wonder what the "rescue train" is. Probably just a helper engine (or, another train that can attach on to this one) to "rescue" another train with a dead locomotive (that's the industry term for this situation).
Oct 5, 2007 | 6:07 pm
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All is well, we were "rescued" by an NJT train. 2 1/2 hours late into NYP. Nothing like recommending AMTRAK to your friends then leaning out a stopped train and seeing the locomotive steaming like 3 mile island.
Oct 6, 2007 | 10:48 pm
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Actually, I am curious what kind of loco it was. An AEM7 or an HHP?
Oct 7, 2007 | 7:59 am
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What I don't understand is why they didn't uncouple the second motor from the first and just allow the train to continue without the burning motor. That IMHO would have been both easier and safer than making everyone transfer to a NJT train via bridge plates.
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Oct 11, 2007 | 5:32 am
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