Train crew reports smoking railcar near Park Street

Heard on: Roanoke Valley East-West Lines - Poor Mtn Area

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

There's a lot to hear, but 278 has us.

00:04

We have a car stuck back there.

00:08

Do you think that one of the cars over?

00:10

Yeah, two seventy-eight passed us and we got a car.

00:14

We got 10

00:16

or 20 cars back over.

00:18

We're trying to take it.

00:20

Got smoke coming from one of the cars over.

00:24

Yeah, that's right.

00:25

Two hundred and seventy-eight passed us, and they said we got a car smoking about 20 some back.

00:31

I guess maybe back here where we just put that run-around hose around it.

00:37

All right,

00:41

I'll send somebody out there.

00:42

You guys are going to stop it, take a look at it.

00:46

A13 restricting

00:48

Park Street.

00:51

One,

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two, one, two, one, two, one, two.

00:57

I'm there with Berkeley on the main street.

01:00

Last 01:18 .

01:05

All right.

01:07

The detector might be able to tell you which one it is.

01:11

Yeah, it probably will, Ben.

7/27/2026 02:23 PM

Fire

Park St, Bedford, VA 24523

Train crew reports smoking railcar near Park Street

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As discussed during the dispatch call, railroad crews reported a possible fire issue, with smoke coming from a railcar several cars back from a passing train near Park Street in Bedford, Virginia. Dispatch advised the crew to stop and inspect the car while arranging for additional personnel to respond.

Train crew reports smoking railcar near Park Street

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