Train hits fallen tree blocking main railway tracks, Davidson County NC
Road ClosureA train crew reported hitting a fallen tree across both main railway tracks near mile marker 296.2 on Highpoint-Thomasville Rd, North Carolina. The impact caused minor damage to train equipment and blocked the tracks. Due to foggy conditions, visibility was poor. Dispatch is coordinating a response and inspection to clear the obstruction and assess damage.
Audio|Source: Thomasville Area NS Rail
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Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, about the 296.2, three, four out over.
00:01
Yeah, about the 296.2, three, four, somewhere in there.
00:07
Hit a tree, about 12 inches later across both main lines.
00:13
Okay, give me the mileboat again.
00:15
2.96.2, 3 or 4.
00:18
I didn't look at it until too late.
00:22
All right, about 2906.2.3, okay, you can cross both main lines.
00:29
You guys are at all?
00:31
Yeah, yeah, everything's fine.
00:33
It was fog, couldn't see nothing.
00:38
Then it, you said it still filing both tracks from it?
00:42
It was so foggy.
00:44
I couldn't see when I turned around and looked behind me.
00:46
I couldn't see a thing.
00:48
Okay.
00:49
All right, we get some light head out of the way.
00:50
What about the answer? Any damages to the answer? Uh, if you ready, go out there and check.
00:54
We just stopped.
00:56
All right, nothing to do.
00:57
All right, let me get some people headed their way.
00:58
I appreciate it.
00:59
All right, we thank you.
01:01
All right,
01:05
we thank you.
01:06
Strike twenty-fail link, man, answers.
01:12
It's 13-hour, over.
01:18
Good family dispatch over?
01:21
Thurgeon armed down.
01:22
It looks like it got the conductor side plow bend it back a little bit over.
01:30
Conductor side plow, they're back?
01:33
Yeah, yeah, on the conductor side, that's right.
01:36
Okay.
01:38
All right, let me get somebody.
01:39
Where are you guys on?
01:41
Where are you guys on? We get right to our pickup here in High Point, over.
01:47
Okay,
01:49
is it, I know what thing I'll ask me, is it, how far is it from the track? Is it close to scraping or bring contact with the track? No, no, no, not at all.
02:00
Okay, all type of a minute.
02:02
Let me let them know what I got.
02:03
I'll be a call right back.
02:05
Let me ask you, I got an Amtrak coming up.
02:07
I was going to get them into the station.
02:09
The station at the 299,
02:11
you're fairly certain that that treaty is around the 296, right? Yeah, it's after the signal, the next intermediate, Ms.
02:21
Hoskins, it's after that.
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Location mentioned:
Highpoint-Thomasville Rd, North Carolina 27360
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