Train stopped on road due to stolen signal equipment, Genesee County MI
TheftA train was stopped on a road near Hill Road in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan. The stop was caused by stolen signal equipment containing copper, which affected the signaling mechanism. A bus was delayed but eventually made it past the train at the crossing.
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Transcript:
00:00
In Grand Blink there's that big railroad trussle on the main drag, but it wasn't on the trussle, but just after that is the road it crosses and it was stopped on that road.
00:20
So I don't know,
00:25
not true, it was stopped.
00:31
That's a perfectly good question.
00:38
Unless there's a yard nearby and they're dropping free, picking up other free.
00:46
That's right there, I think that same line goes right up in front of the Flint plan.
00:52
I'm going that way the other day, I think Wednesday.
00:57
And it went for quite a waste.
01:04
Yeah, it's pretty rare to even really see a train on that track, but we'll see.
01:13
Bust might get stuck in it because, yeah,
01:17
they're replacing the bridge on the normal route so they have to go all the way around.
01:20
But we'll see.
01:26
I don't know, it's telling me this time.
01:28
Usually told me to go around to 23.
01:35
Oh wait, that was the other direct shots going in.
01:38
But it's telling me to get off on Holly Road to Grand Blake.
01:41
So maybe I'll see it when I get that way.
01:49
Now this is Hill and just east of Sagina.
01:57
Looks like the bus is at the train right now, so we'll see if he gets across the track.
02:06
WD8KL.
02:11
Another chooos.
02:14
If they're attached, I'll look at my scanner on, but it just says FM.
02:19
It's not telling me any other mode, so I'm not hearing anything on the Pro 1d-197 I got in here.
02:27
D-C-G-0.
02:34
W-D-8, K-LL.
02:40
Go ahead,
02:42
K-L.
02:47
Hey,
02:48
Lance. Hey, uh,
02:51
oh shoot,
02:53
Cujo is the only thing I can think right now.
02:56
But anyways, I was, uh,
02:59
wanted to make a comment on the tracks there.
03:01
I live in Grand Blank, and I was, uh, I was told that, uh, what's happening with the signal devices is people are stealing,
03:12
I guess there's a fair amount of copper in them.
03:16
So whatever's tied to that arm going down, the signaling mechanism, is being stolen by the guys to get the copper.
03:27
That's what I was told was happening here in the one at Hill Road.
03:37
Maybe they were having to manually do it.
03:39
It looks like the bus made it past it.
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Location mentioned:
E Hill Rd, Grand Blanc Township, MI
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