Broken rail causes train reroute near Sprague Street, Norwood MA
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A broken rail between Sprague Street and Norwood Central caused trains to be rerouted to track two during repairs.
Audio|Heard on: Boston (Metro-West) Railroads
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00:16
Transcript:
00:00
so I just had some guys clearing up track one.
00:02
There was a broken rail between Sprague Street, Norwood Central.
00:06
So I'm just going to keep you guys on track two because I'm pretty sure the signs of the field can't be changed at this time.
00:13
So we're just going to keep you guys track two between the Sprague Street, Nova Central, over.
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Location mentioned:
Norwood Central, 164 Broadway, Norwood, MA 02062
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