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Amtrak vs. CSX MoW Crew?

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Posted by n012944 on Saturday, March 10, 2018 10:59 AM

Good lord, talk about a misleading thread title.

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Posted by BaltACD on Saturday, March 10, 2018 10:04 AM

It is evident that Amtrak held a 'Stop & Flag' train message about the crossing.  When you hold such a message, you perform what is required by the message - even if the flashers and gates are opeating on arrival.  It would appear that the flashers and gates were ONLY operating on the 'short' circuit, not the circuit that would permit operating at normal speeds.  I have no idea which rule set the MofW employees were working under - it could have been under 704 authority - governed by a flagman that gives trains permission through the area, or it could have been on the 'single worker' subset of rules where the MofW people are not actually 'occupying' the track.

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Amtrak vs. CSX MoW Crew?
Posted by CMStPnP on Saturday, March 10, 2018 8:19 AM

I don't get why it has to all be last min but could be the camera angle......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEmnTnQhTPM

 

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