Michigan Service 355 derailment in New Buffalo, MI

[AmtrakBlue]

The signs at the rail crossings in my area show the same phone number for CN with different DOT numbers. Amtrak's Michigan Blue Water run on these tracks, I take it CN informs Amtrak if there happens to be a problem at these crossings?

CN probably dispatches that section and therefore would be who stops the train(s).

 

[alanh]

It sounds like nobody at the scene called the railroad. They just told dispatch the street name and there was a car on the tracks, but that street has two separate crossings by two separate railroads.

 

[basketmaker]

I keep AMTK, BNSF and UP's (carriers in my area) emergency numbers on my phone. As well as the free app "Rail Crossing Locator" that shows all DOT/Carrier grade crossing location numbers. Just in case.

 

[Burns651]

And the CSX crossing isn't even adjacent. It's 3 miles away. Amtrak has an extra large blue sign there, see attached. In any case, the tow truck driver & police had no excuse for not knowing to check the sign.