Freight train derailment damages tracks on Washington St, Valparaiso IN
TrafficA freight train derailed near Washington Street. Two empty vehicle hauler cars went off the tracks, causing rail damage. Emergency and police are on scene investigating and contacting the engineer. Several railcars are affected, and the area is secured for safety.
Audio|Source: Porter County Public Safety
07:44
Transcript:
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This is here at Washington the Tracks.
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Time for.
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We're approaching down Lincoln Way from 49.
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Where should we stage it?
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Command from Ender 1.
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Cut.
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We have two cars derailed that have been dragged down the tracks with the rest of the train still on the tracks.
00:23
And the two cars that have been derailed are down closer by near Washington St.
00:31
And we have PD and routes to get their drone to check further.
00:34
Clear, let me respond to that area.
00:37
I'm looking at a station one now.
00:38
Can you identify what kind of car they are?
00:40
They are two cars that are vehicle haulers slash car haulers.
00:46
Clearan, do we have the conductor yet for the engineer?
00:48
I don't have contact with those guys either but we are sending ladder three down the tracks towards Washington Street clear battalion the rest of the 23 were approaching the crossing of VD on the scene 8.8
01:12
Off the track, still standing.
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136. Last unit with traffic for 136, go ahead.
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192, the end of the train is stopped by Franklin House.
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10-4[1].159, can you advise how far east this train goes?
01:29
It's just shy of 30.
01:31
136. 3-143, Norfolk Southern is clear.
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20 near Norfolk County, Southern is other last.
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There, and I'm standing here, look at these cars.
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They are, again, two car haulers upright.
01:43
They are off the track, so they will need their team to come out here and write it, check for further damage.
01:49
We're still trying to make contact with the engineer.
01:52
If they call in, have them come back to the area of the PD, we can signal it here.
01:56
Petion 2. About three or four hundred feet west of thirty.
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Clear.
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Any evapful unit available to try to get to the engine, we can make contact with the engineer.
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...opo 190 of Monroe.
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The tenant premier.
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I got it. One ninety.
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What's your 20?
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Napoleon that tracks.
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Clear. Go and make contact with the engineer if you can.
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Clear.
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211, Lopos, Taurus.
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There is damage to the rails.
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These car haulers are empty.
02:19
It sounds like PD is located the engine by the 30 overpass.
02:24
We need to get with that engineer and figure out his MSDS sheath and see what else we may have.
02:30
I believe it's contained the cars at the sound.
02:32
Copy that. We definitely see track damage all the way back towards us here.
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203
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As far as we walk, the more cars are derailed back here.
02:44
So if I see about three or four cars in total, too involved.
02:48
Clear, if you can't keep going that way and kind of give me a challenge, then keep a run in total.
02:52
Clear, we'll do. Command from later three.
02:54
We'll head west from Washington down the tracks.
02:57
All right, and it sounds like the initial contact was down there.
03:02
A few more cars where you're heading is where the damage to the rail was and they started to jump off.
03:06
These cars definitely jumped off the tracks west of Napoleon initially.
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Claire.
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Ten four.
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1043 I was not able to turn around there's a white SUV style vehicle without any tail lights on eastbound from the 84 now I'm fueling up so I'll be on the lookout for it
03:31
two turns there car is that hole or something
03:39
We walked west from Washington to Lafayette.
03:45
All these cars were on the tracks.
03:47
They're all the car haulers.
03:49
The first car after Lafayette is a flatbed hauler.
03:54
Area, all I see is the commercial, lawnmower, nothing house, I'll get 1024.
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It's 1-117, 115 are you quick?
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3. Did you guys walk east at all towards Lafayette?
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A little bit and they were all on the tracks with damaged tracks.
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No derailments.
04:14
Probably that.
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Claire, if he's gonna help out here, if he could escort him back here to the PD,
04:18
which we're gonna have Washington.
04:19
It's kind of where we're setting up, this is kind of where the initial damage took place.
04:23
Ten, four, we'll forward that on to bubble PD, they were attempting to make contact with him as well.
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Washington St, Valparaiso, IN
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