Wheelchair obstructs rail track between Melrose Park and Fern Rock, Melrose Park PA
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Road ClosureAccording to the dispatch call, a wheelchair was found obstructing a rail track between Melrose Park and Fern Rock stations, causing trains to stop or proceed with caution until it was removed.
Audio|Heard on: SEPTA Regional Rail - North, South, City, MoW and Yard
Listen to dispatch call
02:16
Transcript:
00:00
So how you doing? I'm at levelwood park right now, so in between uh Fern Rock and level there is a work here that's doing the rail um on number one track over over
00:24
The riders, a wheelchair on the rail between, uh,
00:27
what stop, what station, what's that over?
00:29
Um, it's NBT, I have Lever-O, so it's NBCine Fire Rock and Lerover on number one train side.
00:33
It looks like it's like broken up.
00:35
It's not like, but it's hitting on the rail, so the train is definitely going to run over it or add it over.
00:42
Roger that, I'll have the train stop, get it off the tracks, and, uh,
00:47
keep going to stop every time.
00:48
Thank you so much, um.
00:51
Amazing him to bed.
00:53
My access, two, uh, three, eight, two seven, over.
01:03
Step 2-2827.
01:05
Over.
01:09
3A827. Over.
01:10
2-3827. Did you copy their last transmission for the other tradeover?
01:16
Uh, something is there on the rail, but I didn't hear one.
01:21
All right, uh,
01:23
just running you down with this, all right.
01:25
You got a train 4442 reported between Melrose Park and Fern Rock Station.
01:30
It's a wheelchair on number one track side on your side.
01:34
You just go through there with caution.
01:36
Had to come back to get out the train.
01:39
To remove the wheelchair off the track so you guys keep on top over.
01:45
Okay,
01:47
wheelchair, no bushit it, and one track can't be between Melrose and I'll be around.
01:53
Okay.
01:55
No, it's going to be between Melrose Park and Fern Rock, over.
02:03
Yeah, when you go through, when you depart,
02:06
we'll just go through the air with caution because he said it's on,
02:09
so it's directly on the track.
02:11
So just had to conduct and remove it and we'll just go for near over.
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Location mentioned:
Melrose Park, 900 Valley Rd, Melrose Park, PA 19027
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