Emergency brake on Barstow freight train sparks urgent investigation, Barstow CA
Suspicious ActivityIn Barstow, a BNSF freight train applied emergency brakes after losing air pressure in rear cars and spotting possible unauthorized riders. Security and special agents rushed to inspect and investigate.
Audio|Source: BNSF and UPRR at East Barstow
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Transcript:
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Emergency[1], Emergency,
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BNSF 3890E, milepost, 730.0 Main Track 2.
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All right, I hear you, you're at 730.2, you're an emergency BNS of 3890, over?
00:15
We're at 729.8 now, Main 2, yeah, we are lost air on the rear side.
00:28
Okay, you're 728.9 now.
00:34
All right, Roger that.
00:40
Still on the move right now, so as of right now, we're buying it back.
00:44
So I said the 29.4 is on me.
00:54
Okay,
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you're still coming to a stop.
00:57
All right, standing by.
01:02
Let me know when you get stopped and let me know the mileposts, and I'll get someone headed your way there, over.
01:07
Stop it down. To a stop-off.
01:13
Set and stand it, grab it in.
01:16
Barstow security, come in, over.
01:22
Okay, copy that.
01:24
I'm going to tie this stuff down right quick.
01:31
Okay, all right, thank you.
01:35
Hey, J.S. BNSF 3890, we're all stopped at 729.2.
01:43
Okay, I'll stop at 729.2 special agents and security are en route over.
01:49
All right, copy that.
01:50
Earlier we had security closed and doors.
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They said that we had a rider earlier.
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I don't know if they were found them or not.
01:58
Okay, gotcha.
01:59
Thank you. Come in there, D.S.
02:00
You still there?
02:02
Go ahead, over? Yeah, the whole train did not go into emergency that I know of just the rear somewhere,
02:08
our lightings and on, but I'm going to go ahead and plug it if I can cover it to you can do here.
02:16
Okay, all right, keep me updated.
02:18
Thanks, guys.
02:25
All right, we're training cons on the ground for the movement, which is line for our movement hits the track of 408, no flags, no derails, back them up, 20-200.
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BNSF dispatcher to BNS 7092, over?
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Hey guys, I have a terrain and emergency at mile post 729.2.
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I'm going to go talk to the Needles Dispatcher.
02:54
Can you get it stopped at West Newberry or somewhere before where you're not fouling crossings until we can make sure that their air is coming back up over?
03:07
Yeah, we can get it stopped at Troy that way we don't block anything over.
03:13
Okay, all right, I'll go talk to needles right now and I'll let you guys know as soon as it's good to go.
03:17
Yeah, one zero works again.
03:23
Uh,
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foreigner coming out for D3 there.
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7 more work train.
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Five.
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BNSF, D.S. 12 to the BNSF 7092 West, over.
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992 West go ahead of.
03:50
Hey guys, I've got a train in emergency main two, milepost 729.2.
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We'll need you to traverse the tire length of their train at respect to speed, making sure they're on the rail, there over.
04:02
Roger 7.9.2, we'll go by at restricting speed, make sure that it's on the rail.
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That is correct, over.
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All, thank you. Thank you.
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Two.
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BNSF Mojave dispatcher BMSF, 7992.
04:31
Hi, I'm sorry, just came back, I don't know if needles talked to you, but okay to go by or keep on going just so restricted to be by a 729.2, we're there in the emergency.
04:42
Oh,
04:43
6.9.2, we'll go by it.
04:46
You have a suspect factor to the help of them.
04:49
Viv on vacation, I want, have a safe one.
04:51
All right, guys, thank you.
04:53
Can you let me know.
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As you're in the clear, I got someone waiting on you there.
05:03
Voltaire 32.
05:10
Yes, you're okay to make a heart, excuse me, okay to make a hook, West End and departure 30.
05:15
You can expect 3890.
05:17
He's calling you just a small hobby, dispatch, whoever.
05:21
3890, go ahead.
05:23
Yeah, so I plugged the rest of the train.
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You're covering the air right now.
05:28
Air is coming down, but the rear is still showing as it closed.
05:32
It's just to have that.
05:33
Security did stay with the closing doors, but we had a few riders there up in the steps as far.
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So air is coming up.
05:40
I'm able to stay 20 pounds.
05:41
Make sure to air the train stays stationary.
05:44
But yeah, they're going to have to get back in the inspection if there's nobody else driving the train.
05:50
Okay, all right, thanks for the update.
05:52
They are en route and I guess, let me know if you hear anything else.
05:57
Copy that, we'll be standing by, thank you.
Police codes explained
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[1]
Emergency: Code 3 response (lights and siren)
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Barstow, CA 92311
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