Freight train disabled near Chester by engine failure, Chester MA

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Reported: 11/22/2025 10:33 AM

Chester, MA

A freight train experienced a severe engine failure near Chester, Massachusetts. The lead engine's pistons blew out, causing extensive damage and making the train unable to move. The incident occurred at milepost 125.9, leaving the train disabled on the tracks.

Audio|Source: Springfield Area Freight Railroads

02:11

Transcript:

00:00

Well, M427, we got real bad news.

00:03

Our lead engine just blew the pistons right out of the door of the engine.

00:19

Is this radio base a little better?

00:22

No, I can hear you on the other one.

00:23

I'm right in Chester.

00:27

Alright, well I can hear you the better on this one.

00:29

Can you hear me?

00:31

Yeah, I can hear you, Spence.

00:32

I'm stopped right here at Chester.

00:34

125.9.

00:37

Literally blew the doors off the engine, the pistons came out on the lead engine, the CSX-474.

00:44

We're dead in the water right here.

00:52

All right, you're heading is at mile post 125, decimal 9, lead unit is the 474, and the pistons literally blew out the side doors.

01:03

That is affirmative,

01:05

and everything else came apart to.

01:08

You got water, you got,

01:11

it blew the top off the locomotive in the car body.

01:18

Wow.

01:21

All right, right there.

01:23

Well, uh, standby, over.

01:26

Roger. I ain't ever seen anything like that.

01:28

This one.

01:30

Well, this engine's been an issue for a couple of months, dropping this load, all kinds of issues, you know.

01:39

It dropped it finally this time.

01:43

Well, I'm sure the engine finally just said, you know, I really can't do this anymore.

01:48

It just blew up.

01:50

Okay,

01:51

so Roger.

01:52

All right, I'm going to have the conductor secure the train.

01:55

I'll be back on 46.

01:58

Roger 427, milepost 125 decimal 9 installed, lead engine has blown up over.

02:06

The rocket.

02:09

All right, we'll let the powers to be know.

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A freight train experienced a severe engine failure near Chester, Massachusetts. The lead engine's pistons blew out, causing extensive damage and making the train unable to move. The incident occurred at milepost 125.9, leaving the train disabled on the tracks.

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