battalion51
Engineer
This morning when I turned on my cell phone I had a Voice Mail from the night before when it was turned off. It was a phone call from an Engineer friend of mine. According to him 92 with the Amtrak 159 North had an oil pump failure between Avon Park, FL and West Frostproof, FL (about halfway between Sebring and Winter Haven). A CSX engine was sent from West Frostproof to the spot where 92 had stopped, it then proceeded to push 92 in siding at Avon Park. Meanwhile, up at Sanford the Amtrak 840 was readied to lead 92 for the remainder of the trip. The 840 was facing north, and was added to the rear of 97 and towed by 97 to Avon Park. The engine was cut off from the rear of 97 and placed in the lead of 92. As you can imagine 92's crew died on the law, in Orlando. A relief crew was sent from JAX to bring the train from Orlando to JAX. 92 departed Orlando at approximately 9:50 PM, making it about 6 hours late. One word guys, ouch. :blink: (For the record the train was without HEP due to the shutdown of the prime mover which generates the HEP for the train, and let me tell you it's a little warm down here right now.)