Can't See? Don't Shove! Fun At The Macon Terminal

[peachfuzz]

Train 65T was having trouble with their EOT.  They were instructed to shove back to where the utility man could access the rear of the train to swap it out.

Unfortunately, the crew assumed the utility man was protecting the rear of the train and they didn't protect their move.  In reality, the utility man was waiting over a mile away.

The unprotected shove move came back and ran through the junction switch with the GS&F North District mainline.  Even worse, train 215 had already entered that block on a clear signal!  Only an alert dispatcher stopped 215 before a collision occurred.

65T's crew out of service pending investigation. :-\

[J-man]

Ohhh that could have gotten nasty real quick.   I can't imagine what both crews felt, one knowing that they goofed up big time while the crew of 215, who knows what was running through their minds.  Thank goodness nobody got hurt.

[TB4JY]

Train 65T was having trouble with their EOT.  They were instructed to shove back to where the utility man could access the rear of the train to swap it out.

Unfortunately, the crew assumed the utility man was protecting the rear of the train and they didn't protect their move.  In reality, the utility man was waiting over a mile away.

The unprotected shove move came back and ran through the junction switch with the GS&F North District mainline.  Even worse, train 215 had already entered that block on a clear signal!  Only an alert dispatcher stopped 215 before a collision occurred.

65T's crew out of service pending investigation. :-\

215 you say.  You sure about that?

[peachfuzz]

215 you say.  You sure about that?

...as it was told to me.

[TB4JY]

I don't know.....  The points of the story may be true, but 215 stopped going south of Atlanta about a year and a half ago.  A new train, 281 has took it's place for stuff going south of Atlanta going to Jax.