For anyone in or around Pottstown PA!

[Anonymous]

man wish i heard about that before but that is interesting

[dharmon]

I had to check it out...here's the rest of the story, so to speak. From the Pottstwon Mercury website:


POTTSTOWN -- A freight train stymied traffic on Hanover Street for about two hours Friday after the engineer stopped the train and refused to move it, according to police.

The incident was not related to Hurricane Isabel or its aftermath, although a gate in the same area was damaged by high winds.

The engineer, whose name was not released by police, told officers he had exceeded the federal mandate for the maximum number of hours an engineer is allowed to operate a train without being replaced, police said.

The engineer then said he was instructed by his supervisor to stop the train after passing the Hanover Street intersection and wait for his replacement to arrive, according to police.

But the crossing gates dropped to block traffic as the train passed, and the engineer did not pull the train far enough forward to trigger them to go back up, according to police.

Two police officers and members of Pottstown’s fire police had to direct traffic around the gates in both directions in the early afternoon hours as everyone waited for a second engineer to arrive and move the train.

Traffic was snarled for about two hours on Hanover Street between High Street and the Schuylkill River bridge.

©The Mercury 2003

[dharmon]

I had to check it out...here's the rest of the story, so to speak. From the Pottstwon Mercury website:


POTTSTOWN -- A freight train stymied traffic on Hanover Street for about two hours Friday after the engineer stopped the train and refused to move it, according to police.

The incident was not related to Hurricane Isabel or its aftermath, although a gate in the same area was damaged by high winds.

The engineer, whose name was not released by police, told officers he had exceeded the federal mandate for the maximum number of hours an engineer is allowed to operate a train without being replaced, police said.

The engineer then said he was instructed by his supervisor to stop the train after passing the Hanover Street intersection and wait for his replacement to arrive, according to police.

But the crossing gates dropped to block traffic as the train passed, and the engineer did not pull the train far enough forward to trigger them to go back up, according to police.

Two police officers and members of Pottstown’s fire police had to direct traffic around the gates in both directions in the early afternoon hours as everyone waited for a second engineer to arrive and move the train.

Traffic was snarled for about two hours on Hanover Street between High Street and the Schuylkill River bridge.

©The Mercury 2003

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Silvio510

ha ha very funny, too bad I have had noting to do with this one, and I feel stupid I don't even know where pottstown is located ? ? ?

Pennsylvania maybe?

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Silvio510

ha ha very funny, too bad I have had noting to do with this one, and I feel stupid I don't even know where pottstown is located ? ? ?

Pennsylvania maybe?

[Anonymous]

ha ha very funny, too bad I have had noting to do with this one, and I feel stupid I don't even know where pottstown is located ? ? ?

[Anonymous]

ha ha very funny, too bad I have had noting to do with this one, and I feel stupid I don't even know where pottstown is located ? ? ?

[Mookie]

I forgot all about him being in PA! Thanx for the memory jog. Hmmm - the plot thickens!

La M

[Mookie]

I forgot all about him being in PA! Thanx for the memory jog. Hmmm - the plot thickens!

La M

[mudchicken]

Silvio510 has hogger-cousins downstate?

[mudchicken]

Silvio510 has hogger-cousins downstate?

[Mookie]

You made Paul Harvey News! Guess an engineer died on time, in town, across a grade crossing. He got off and walked away - leaving the xing closed for 2 hours!

Anyone have details? Skeets, don't know where you are, but think you are just ornery enough to do this! So don't read this; don't want to give you any ideas!

Mookie

[Mookie]

You made Paul Harvey News! Guess an engineer died on time, in town, across a grade crossing. He got off and walked away - leaving the xing closed for 2 hours!

Anyone have details? Skeets, don't know where you are, but think you are just ornery enough to do this! So don't read this; don't want to give you any ideas!

Mookie