Rail crew reports drainage issue under tracks, Abbeville SC
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, rail workers reported a possible drainage or culvert failure under tracks near Abbeville, South Carolina. They discussed whether the track might be damaged or washed out and considered calling for a track inspector to assess the situation.
Audio|Heard on: Upstate South Carolina CSX Rail - Caesars Head Mountain
Listen to dispatch call
01:29
Transcript:
00:00
There's a drainage issue going on.
00:02
Is it possible the track might be washed out or what's going on? You got any idea over?
00:09
Now I'm going to try to change tower.
00:12
See if I can hear you better too.
00:13
Can you hear me on here? Over.
00:15
Yes, ma'am.
00:16
I can read you loud and clear.
00:17
Over.
00:18
Okay, I can hear you better now too.
00:20
No, he said that in this supposed tunnel, he called it a tunnel at first, and then they changed the name to a drainage culvert.
00:30
Going under the tracks supposedly has some kind of 30 to 40 foot crack in the drainage pipe.
00:38
South over.
00:40
Yeah, I'm trying to remember how it looks like exactly.
00:42
I know there is a bridge, I believe.
00:47
I don't know what highway it is, but I guess we'll just keep on the lookout, I guess.
00:53
Do you think we should continue on or is it too dangerous for us to continue? Over.
00:59
Have no way of knowing that I don't even know.
01:02
We get such obscure reports sometimes from outside parties, it's hard to know.
01:08
They see something and are alarmed by it, and it may not be anything that even affects the track.
01:14
I don't know.
01:15
I don't have any way of knowing that, but without calling a track inspector to come out there and look at it,
01:20
you know.
01:23
I don't think it's a washout in the track itself.
01:25
It was supposed to be a crack in this culvert, right over.
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Location mentioned:
Railroad St, Abbeville, SC 29620
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