Crescent discussion 2023 Q4 - 2024

[west point]

New Orleans does have a shop but I am not sure how well they are equipped to deal with wheel problems in a 12 hour window. I am sure that they have a jack to lift one end of a car to replace an axle/wheel, but am not sure what their spare serviceable wheel/axle inventory is or was on that given day.

If their inventory was zero, then just another example of skimping on spare parts by management. Wheels are always needed. NOL probably sees ~ 120 - 150 inbound wheels in a day on cars and locos.

 

[jis]

If their inventory was zero, then just another example of skimping on spare parts by management. Wheels are always needed. NOL probably sees ~ 120 - 150 inbound wheels in a day on cars and locos.

I would be surprised if that was the reason for not fixing it. But when one is on a crusade I suppose any cause will do

 

[west point]

19 hit a vehicle east of Greenville, SC no reported injuries. Train went to Greenville and is waiting for rested crew. Delay probably due to crew unable to make ATL. So stopped at Greenville for new crew from CLT as only location for new crew.

 

[BarryATL]

I saw the Crescent in Atlanta this morning with an odd consist. They had one sleeper and two baggage/sleeper combos. I was the same earlier in the week.

 

[joelkfla]

I saw the Crescent in Atlanta this morning with an odd consist. They had one sleeper and two baggage/sleeper combos. I was the same earlier in the week.

Passengers are not permitted to walk thru baggage cars. The 2nd one had to be a deadhead.

 

[Jsandrews1]

What hit the Crescent overnight near Atlanta?? Says an unauthorized vehicle

 

[chertling]

What hit the Crescent overnight near Atlanta?? Says an unauthorized vehicle

I live close enough to this crossing that I can hear the whistle... but I was fast asleep at the time of the accident. There is barely 20 feet between the tracks and the intersection, so people stop on the tracks all the time. They even added additional warning signs over the summer to try to raise awareness. Add on to that people who try to beat the train and it is a recipe for disaster. I saw someone come within five feet of getting hit at that crossing just a few months ago.

https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/ne...-truck-hit-by-amtrak-train-in-flowery-branch/

 

[BlackDiamond]

I live close enough to this crossing that I can hear the whistle... but I was fast asleep at the time of the accident. There is barely 20 feet between the tracks and the intersection, so people stop on the tracks all the time. They even added additional warning signs over the summer to try to raise awareness. Add on to that people who try to beat the train and it is a recipe for disaster. I saw someone come within five feet of getting hit at that crossing just a few months ago.

https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/ne...-truck-hit-by-amtrak-train-in-flowery-branch/

I wonder if a solution would be to add an additional set of traffic lights before the RR crossing so that the crossing becomes in effect part of the intersection. Ideally it would also be set up to turn red if a train was coming but I don't know how easy it is to tie the crossing detection to the traffic light system.

 

[GaSteve]

What hit the Crescent overnight near Atlanta?? Says an unauthorized vehicle

I think you answered your own question.

 

[railiner]

I wonder if a solution would be to add an additional set of traffic lights before the RR crossing so that the crossing becomes in effect part of the intersection. Ideally it would also be set up to turn red if a train was coming but I don't know how easy it is to tie the crossing detection to the traffic light system.

There are numerous railroad grade crossings where the crossing detection interfaces with street or highway traffic signals. We have lots of them here in Florida…

 

[chertling]

There are numerous railroad grade crossings where the crossing detection interfaces with street or highway traffic signals. We have lots of them here in Florida…

The one where this accident happened is linked to the crossing gates... it goes red in all directions when the gates are activated. Part of the issue is that the road has a turn lane and a straight lane after the tracks and at the intersection (again, only one car length between the tracks and the intersection), but before you cross the tracks it is one lane each direction. So people sometimes assume that the car in front of them is going into a particular lane... assume incorrectly... and they end up stuck on the tracks waiting.