Train reports braking trouble and burning smell

Heard on: Cleveland OH Transportation

01:30

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6703 westbound East 79th.

00:07

This train is having a hard time stopping, and when it finally does stop, it just the train is smelled like very like something is burning.

00:25

I copy, 6703 .

00:27

So you have them.

00:28

Stopping. Was that anywhere else besides 79th Street?

00:36

No, actually, it was from Van Aken, but I was trying to see if I could, you know, if it was something I could deal with, but I cannot.

00:49

And you said it started at Van Aken?

00:54

Well, not the burning smell.

00:56

The burning smell probably just started around Shaker Square, but since Van Aken.

01:05

Because I just got this train, so this is my 1st time driving it west.

01:10

So once I stopped, I slid about five to 10 ft before it actually stopped.

01:18

And then it's like something is rubbing and it smells, you know, like something is burning.

01:25

That's affirmative.

01:26

I will let them know that there's a heavy rail behind me going further west.

2026-09-23 18:44 UTC

Fire

E 79th St, Cleveland, OH

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As discussed during the dispatch call, a westbound train near East 79th Street in Cleveland reportedly had trouble stopping, slid several feet, and produced a rubbing noise and burning smell after departing from the Van Aken area and passing near Shaker Square.