Car stuck on tracks near Puyallup station delays trains, Puyallup WA
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TrafficA car became stuck on the railroad tracks near Puyallup station, blocking the main track and causing train delays and stopped traffic.
Audio|Heard on: BNSF/UP Seattle Sub - North End
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03:46
Transcript:
00:00
There's a car stuck on the track slip.
00:03
It's in the ballast.
00:09
P2Tis to join North.
00:20
NSF, Straiture, SDR322 north.
00:24
Yeah, we got a car stuck in the ballast, blocking Main 2 here at Puyallup, about milepost 31.06.
00:33
Yeah, I just got a call from the ROC.
00:35
Just stay at Puyallup and,
00:40
okay, yeah, just don't go anywhere until it's removed.
00:43
Okay, yeah, we pulled up.
00:45
Maybe we'll see about moving back to the station.
00:49
Give me a...
00:50
Oj then.
00:52
What's in Puyallup?
00:55
Uh,
00:57
there's a car on the tracks at 31.7, just north of the depot.
01:03
Delightful.
01:08
So yeah, we'll be stacking the sounder.
01:13
Cutout 3.29.
01:15
911[1].
01:20
Go on one 10, set.
01:26
That's a good set, can't release some.
01:34
That's a good class to a 329, markers over.
01:37
Oh, good two, markers. Good two markers.
01:39
Yeah,
01:42
on the end there, Rich.
01:44
Yeah,
01:45
engineer's flying back.
01:47
Good for... No load, good though.
01:49
Good. Yeah, right.
01:50
Back on.
01:52
North Cedarburg.
01:53
Okay,
01:57
I don't know if you heard.
01:58
I guess there's a car on the tracks.
01:59
They're just north of the Puyallup platforms, so things are slowing down.
02:06
It's always something, isn't it?
02:08
Yep.
02:15
All right, 324.
02:17
110, send them up.
02:19
Set.
02:25
Yes, Svetrae, N.S.
02:27
SDRX-328 North.
02:29
This is that release? Go ahead, Matt.
02:32
Yeah, can the engineer comply with stop indication at Stewart, that way, just in case they give me a main one back?
02:38
Yeah, engineer on the S-X-3-2A, comply, so and change with the stop.
02:42
You release, good, go ahead to Mark.
02:44
Okay, thanks.
02:46
Good, too, thank you.
02:48
The NSSF the trainer, dispatcher, SDRX 32, north.
02:51
2-2.
02:57
What's going on?
03:00
Yeah, 322, can the engineer comply with stop indication at Sumner? Sumner.
03:03
SOT 322 engineer can comply, stop indication at Sumner.
03:06
Over.
03:08
All right, thanks guys, appreciate it.
03:11
Doer,
03:13
run up one?
03:15
The car stuck on the ballast, blocking Main 2, ROC.
03:21
You've got all traffic stop there.
03:22
It's just north of the Puyallup station.
03:25
Okay.
03:28
I've already called Russ and told him about it, he knows about it, so he'll be putting out an alert.
03:34
Oh,
03:37
Dan?
03:40
There's a car blocking the tracks before Puyallup, so we're going to get delayed before we get there.
03:45
I heard that we do.
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Puyallup, Puyallup, WA 98371
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