Broken rail closes Union Pacific main line crossing, Cole County MO
A broken rail was found on the Union Pacific main line near milepost 179.48 near Railroad St in Liberty Township, MO. This caused train traffic to be stopped and walked through the affected area by maintenance staff for safety reasons.
Audio|Source: Union Pacific Railroad - Jefferson City Area
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Transcript:
00:00
We've got the broken rail. It's just right by the crossing.
00:03
What mom post is that at, by the chancellor?
00:11
179 and dot 48. Okay, copy that.
00:14
Stand by. UB.
00:16
Inspector calling out to me to be 8-8-2-6 over?
00:21
And are you guys by the switch there yet? Kathleen over?
00:30
You can't do that. I've got maintenance out there. We do have a broken rail that's on the main.
00:38
As it's faster, they said that they can walk you past that on the main instead of having you guys go through the siding over.
00:50
That's correct.
00:52
So you're going to want to talk to a hold one moment.
00:58
Wolfong, this is back to calling out the Wolfong, over?
01:04
Does the training talk to you, over?
01:12
Okay, copy that, so the train needs to be at walking Steve by the time they get to the crossing at Lemine,
01:18
and then Wolfong will walk them over at them.
01:23
All right. UP dispatcher 24 calling out to the AP 886.
01:31
Does you copy any of that over?
01:38
It's correct and the broken rail is at mouthpost 179.48, over.
01:50
Okay,
01:52
and then, um,
01:53
can the engineer comply with me taking the signal back at control point M177 over?
02:04
Okay, engineer can't comply with me taking the signal back at the control point M177.
02:08
Taking that signal back now, let me know when you guys get stopped that I can apply with my rules on this part over.
02:19
Thank you, you guys.
02:20
All right, thanks everyone.
02:23
And dispatch, we'll call them back out to the Bullfung.
02:28
Okay,
02:29
so crew is where they need to be walking to see by the time they get up to the crossing.
02:34
I gave them the mouth post of the broken rail.
02:37
They will come down and then call her at you when they get a little bit closer to get you to get you guys walk by. I do have to have them stop from taking back the signal.
02:47
But is there anything else?
02:49
I can help out with you guys in the meantime.
02:57
Okay, copy that.
03:00
All right, we'll do. We'll get them on just a little bit of them.
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Location mentioned:
Railroad St, Liberty Township, MO 65101
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