Broken rail closes black river drawbridge for repairs, La Crosse WI
A broken rail on the Black River drawbridge in La Crosse caused the bridge to be closed for train traffic until repairs are made. A quick fix may allow limited use overnight, but a full repair could take about four hours.
Audio|Source: La Crosse Area BNSF and CPKC Rail
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Transcript:
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I need to take the private river bridge out of service for train movement at present time due to a broken rail, over.
00:23
All right. Black River drawbridge.
00:28
Out of service.
00:38
Block applied,
00:39
what do you think in this far as time line over?
00:42
We're still waiting for our upper management to let us know what we're going to do here.
00:47
If we can do a simple fix to get it through the night, it won't take long.
00:52
If they make a change the rail, it'll probably be four hours.
00:56
All right.
01:01
Will your boss let you do a simple fix to get Amtrak across, so I guess you'll find out, let me know over.
01:07
Yeah, I'll let you know when I hear something back over.
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Location mentioned:
Liberty St, La Crosse, WI 54603
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