SERF 2011: Reports on eastward journeys
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Posted 16 July 2011 - 04:55 PM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 24 July 2011 - 01:23 PM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 24 July 2011 - 02:17 PM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 24 July 2011 - 02:42 PM
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Posted 24 July 2011 - 07:03 PM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 25 July 2011 - 08:33 AM
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Posted 25 July 2011 - 12:35 PM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#8
Posted 25 July 2011 - 01:17 PM
By the way, with all the excitement about the Maryland Meltdown in New Carrollton, some clarification is in order about the Capitol Limited. The reason we stopped near the Dan Ryan Expressway was because the engineer when going around a curve saw smoke coming from under one of the sleepers. Turns out it was a brake hanging down from the 3001 sleeper, the one in which Piotr was riding. They cut out the offending brake so that they could continue on their way to racing the clock to avoid bustitution. At least we got to watch CTA trains on two lines: Red Line in the median of Dan Ryan, and the Green Line Ashland branch on an elevated structure.There was some concern with the planned work in Maryland that the Capitol Limited would have to put us on a bus east of Pittsburgh if we were in Clevelend too late. As it turned out, even with some delays getting out of Chicago Union Station and further delays getting out of Chicago itself (we spent some time sitting on the overpass over the Dan Ryan Expressway), we managed to be able to run through to Washington and got here only 19 minutes late.
Hopefully Ivy City Yard replaced this brake before this consist goes out as #29 today.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#9
Posted 25 July 2011 - 10:03 PM
Hopefully Ivy City Yard replaced this brake before this consist goes out as #29 today.
This repair would be mandatory.
Passenger trains must have all brakes functional at their initial terminal. Brakes that fail enroute may be cut-out (up to a specified percentage), however the last car must have functional brakes. If the brakes fail on the last car, it can either be set-out or switched forward in the train.
Ross
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