Train breakdown causes railroad delays in Bristol, Bristol VA
TrafficA train broke down along the railroad near Bristol, VA, causing multiple trains to stop and resulting in significant delays and traffic disruption on the line.
Audio|Source: NS Railroad A-Line Central Division - NE TN and SW VA
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Transcript:
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Yeah, you get one behind it in my...
00:02
You can go up to Carnus, so I have to talk to Tee before I take it past Carnus, because there's no crew for you until 9 o'clock rest time,
00:11
which would be 11, and then we don't want to DM up Bristol yet, because we've got 127[1] coming and then two behind him, and then we got a train broke down also, between the late spring and Mary in it.
00:23
slow up everything so I talked to the chief or bring it past Curtis[3] over.
00:27
All right.
00:28
So yeah, as soon as 279[2] clear tips, wait 10,000 feet so he's not going to clear until you clear radar over.
00:35
All right. You went after arrival or you just wanted to wait until you clear is over?
00:39
Either way, it don't matter.
00:41
We just wait until you get there.
00:42
Okay, yeah, you're not going to pass Curtis[3] until the chief approves it, because we got something broke down and the trains are going to back up and 127[1] has to work, so we might have to get the other two around on the other track, over?
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
127: Train number 127 (working/blocking)
[2]
279: Train number 279 (needs to clear)
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Curtis: Reference to a location where trains may stop or need clearance
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Bristol, VA
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