Train triggers emergency brake near wood street signal, Fostoria OH
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TrafficA train triggered an emergency brake near the Wood Street signal due to partial signal failure and positive train control enforcement. The crew coordinated with dispatchers to restore air and verify signal status. The conductor planned to walk the train at low speed during the process.
Audio|Heard on: Fostoria Area Railroad Commmunications
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03:30
Transcript:
00:00
The emergency emergency emergency is TREA's emergency as Tweed.3.
00:09
NS Airstrikes-a-3, TAN3.
00:10
NSAIRS pergay stand-thru,
00:15
tone, over.
00:28
Uh,
00:30
maybe, uh,
00:31
Mormon Terminal over?
00:36
This is Mormon Terminal.
00:38
Go ahead, over.
00:39
Okay, 303, this is a factor.
00:41
We are an emergency here, head-in, is at 280.3.
00:45
We got informed by PTC.
00:47
The B&O dropped, it came right back up again, and then it was a little bit of delayed action, but it enforced us there, over?
00:58
Yeah, Roger, I copy.
00:59
He went into emergency there at 280.3, and that was something related to the PTC you said over.
01:06
Yes, sir, that's correct.
01:07
We fought in the field.
01:09
The flash red went back to green, and then about a second or so later, PTC caught up and enforces here.
01:15
I'm having to go an open.
01:17
Give me a second here.
01:19
Okay, I copy that.
01:21
There wasn't anything on my end unless something failed in the signal system there.
01:26
But I will let you know there.
01:30
Conductor, I mean, we're not a key train, but we're only doing about 10 mile an hour, so the conductor is going to have to walk in here.
01:38
No wait to see if it restores here yet, over here.
01:46
Yeah, it's a good copy.
01:47
Unfortunately, yeah, you're right.
01:48
With you going 10 miles per hour, we'll have to have that conductor walk the train there.
01:52
If you want to go ahead and get them started, I'll reach out, CSX, let them know over.
01:57
And I'm going to get a hold of PTC and talk to them as well here.
02:00
Air is restoring, over.
02:03
Okay, air is restoring, that is the good news, of course,
02:06
yeah,
02:07
let's get that conductor started, I'll reach out to make sure we get the proper protection over.
02:11
Okay.
02:31
Good evening, PTC, help to ask me a three at all.
02:34
Uh,
02:35
VGC, 303, over.
02:39
303. 303.
02:41
I see we're enforced or whatever.
02:43
Yes, ma'am, leading unit 4030, yeah.
02:46
It enforced this as we were about three car lengths from the Wood Street signal.
02:51
It went red and then right back up to green again.
02:53
And then about a second later PTC caught up and put the defense up over.
03:00
All right, you sent a little fast for me.
03:04
You said, what signal were you at? Wood Street, approaching it was called to V&O the Wood Street.
03:09
I mean, it was clear,
03:12
made a brief flicker to Reds, right back to Clear again, and then we got enforced over.
03:18
You said,
03:20
did the signal drop in the field, or are you saying it dropped on a PPP train, over? We dropped in the field, we watched a flash, over.
03:28
Say thank you for the details.
03:30
Stand by, sir.
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S Wood St, Fostoria, OH 44830
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