Vehicle stuck near railroad crossing with minimal clearance, Winona County MN


A Ford truck is stuck near railroad tracks just east of milepost 310 switch in Winona County, Minnesota. The vehicle is close to the main rail line with only about 12 inches of clearance, posing a potential hazard for trains.
Audio|Source: Winona Area Railroads
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Transcript:
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A.I 77[1], dispatcher? A nice 77 over.
00:03
Hey, roughly at mile pulse 309[2],
00:06
there's a ford truck stuck or something that looks like...
00:08
It's either stuck or broke down, and it just barely cleared main line here.
00:14
About 12 inches is all we had when we went by it there, maybe a little bit more.
00:18
All right, there is a ford truck stuck on the, or stuck near the track with only about a 12-inch clearance.
00:25
Is that correct, over? Yeah, a fork, F-O-R-K.
00:27
Okay, and that was the 309[2] dot anything or just the 309 milepost? It's real close to 309.
00:34
There's a crossing right there.
00:35
It's the first crossing east of mile post 310 switch there.
00:40
We can't remember the name of the crossing.
00:41
Copy that. Let me let Amtrak know that that's happening and we'll get going over.
00:46
All right, I'm headed for the switch now.
00:48
I'll be back to you here in about a minute.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
77: Dispatcher notification
[2]
309: Milepost reference
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Location mentioned:
Winona County, MN
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