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Tree blocks main railroad tracks near milepost 8.5Tacoma WA

audio iconRoad Closure
S Bennett St, Tacoma, WA 98465

A tree has fallen and is blocking both main railroad tracks near milepost 8.5 on S Bennett St, Tacoma. Trains have stopped until the tree and debris are removed to clear the tracks.

Audio|Source: BNSF/UP Seattle Sub - North End
03:12
Transcript:
00:00
Dispatcher 7628 North, hey,
00:04
we're stopped short of a tree that's laying across both mains and the slide fence. I think that's where you're getting your indication from.
00:17
It's not very big, but our concern is if we pull by it going this slow, that we're just going to drag it and rip out the slide fence over.
00:35
All right, copy that. BNSF 7628, soft on Main 2,
00:41
Trilling on the tracks,
00:43
blocking both mains.
00:44
What's your mile post, over?
00:48
Uh,
00:50
nine,
00:51
four, or excuse me, like 8.5-ish, yeah.
00:56
BNFF detector file post, 26.4X.
01:02
Main two, no defects.
01:05
Repeat,
01:06
no defects.
01:07
Total axle, two, four, out.
01:10
Three to A, good.
01:13
BNsaf 7628, is that tree movable over?
01:17
Uh,
01:20
I'm not sure. I mean, I was looking at it.
01:32
Someone might have to just come and chop it up or something.
01:40
Okay,
01:41
copy that. Can the engineer on the BNSF 76-28 can comply with the BNSF 76-208 can comply with stop-indication and Nelson Bennett. Over.
01:58
Okay, copy that. Thank you. I'll get working on this over.
02:03
Thank you.
02:13
The Senate, over.
02:19
Motion medium 3222-2.
02:22
See you here, man.
02:28
Okay, got us a clear block, you're supposed.
02:36
This is a train north dispatcher being set 7441 over.
02:44
Centralian art dispatcher BNSF 74441. Okay.
02:53
And the engineer on the BNSF 74441 comply the stop indication at TITLA over.
02:58
Yes, engineer, absolute on the BNSF 7441 can comply with the signal change to stop at Tukwila. Over.
03:07
Copy that, thank you. We've got a tree on the tracks there, mileposts 8.5, trying to get that squared away, I don't get you going soon as I can.

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S Bennett St, Tacoma, WA 98465

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