Re: [CBQ] 3 Amtrak trains stalled near Mendota

[Ted Schnepf <railsunl@sbcglobal.net>]

Hi Leo,

I also under stand your confusion.  As busy as that line is, the 
freight trains usually keep the snow passable.  May need to run a 
flanger or a spreader to widen things out, but busy mainlines don't 
get snowdrifts deep enough to stop trains.

So did the freight side also shut down?

Ted

At 10:28 PM 1/6/2014, you wrote:
>Tonight's Chgo news reports 3 Amtrak trains stalled near Mendota,due 
>to "blowing snow".
>
>Any one have details ?
>
>As a veteran of the battles of the 77-78 and 78-79 winters that have 
>been documented as colder with far more snow and of longer duration 
>I find this hard to understand. We didn't have any Amtraks stuck back then.
>
>I rode #5 at the height of the 78-79 storm from Aurora to Omaha to 
>attend a union general committee meeting. We certainly ran late but 
>ran. We did have a pair of SD 40s or 45s running ahead of as a snowplow.
>
>Leo Phillipp
>
>Sent from my iPad

Ted Schnepf
railsunl@sbcglobal.net 



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