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UP running stack trains during extreme high winds and guess what...
Bigtime celestial aspects behind this super winter storm still ongoing.
Sun conjunct Mercury Rx square Jupiter. This storm just getting started.

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A few more details, and photos from the scene: https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/train-derailment-causing-shut-down-of-highway-469-in-quay-county



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Additionally...UP facing flooding washout mainlines in Nebraska. BNSF got problems too in Nebraska.
Iowa has flooding of important railroad mainlines. Going to get "worser".

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Boston. Massachusetts decides to try electric locos. Asks Amtrak for aloaner, or several

 

Take the E-train? MBTA mulling electric locomotives 

One of Amtraks electric locomotives in Iselin, New Jersey.
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One of Amtraks electric locomotives in Iselin, N.J.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority apparently wants to test some electric commuter rail trains.

The agency has been in touch with Amtrak about leasing some electric locomotives for some of the trips between Boston and Providence, according to Joseph Aiello, the chairman of the agencys board.

Amtrak already runs electric service on that stretch of its Northeast Corridor route. But the T uses diesel locomotives on its commuter rail network, even on rail lines that have electric service.

Aiello disclosed the Amtrak discussions at a recent event in Lynn. Such an arrangement would allow the T to test electric commuter rail on a line that is already equipped for the service, while freeing up existing locomotives for service on other lines. He had previously urged the T to consider testing electric service on the Providence line, following a similar request from the activist group Transit Matters.

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But this does not appear to be an express trip to electrification. MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo described the talks as early.

The Authority has had preliminary discussions with Amtrak about leasing electric locomotives, Pesaturo said. The scope of such a pilot and the equipment needed to operate it is yet to be determined.

Amtrak, which operated the commuter rail under a contract with the MBTA for many years, would not even confirm whether its chatting with the T.

Officials are reviewing whether the T could convert more of its lines to electric service perhaps even all of them as part of a broader study of the future of commuter rail.

Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack, however, has noted that the state would need to ensure it has enough electrical capacity for such a large expansion. She also has worried that major weather events could cripple electric service, because it would most likely be powered by overhead wires that are vulnerable in blizzards or other extreme conditions.



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Damn near all the bigs have been impacted by the flooding in the midwest region of the US.

https://www.progressiverailroading.com/class_is/news/Railroads-flood-ravaged-Midwestern-tracks-trigger-FRA-emergency-declaration--57161

From major cities to tiny towns all throughout the region, and it seems to be getting worse. Just heard a news flash that Missouri Governor has declared a 'state of emergency' for the entire state!



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Found this taken the 25th of March in Davenport Iowa of some "flood running trains". This would be the ex-MILW
now CP.



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