Train blocked by tree on tracks near milepost 330, Statesville NC
A train is stopped near milepost 330 because a six-foot tree has fallen across the railway tracks and is blocking them. The crew cannot remove the tree with their equipment and emergency services are being sent to help.
Audio|Source: Statesville Area Railroads
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Transcript:
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We've got a U703 stopped out there on the 6 main about the 330.8.
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There's a tree down across the tracks and it's about 6 foot.
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All lying on its side.
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They can't even get it off with a back hose. They're out there trying to get that name also, sir.
00:28
Was the vehicle occupied, you tell them.
00:35
All right, there's the end of the mileposts from the cross-as-side I get there. All right, let me get the merchant service to that way.
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All right, let me get the merchant service at that way.
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You guys go under emergency, everybody on the crew, okay.
00:56
All right, I could be a information to the minute, let's get a reference to it.
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Statesville, NC
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