Train hits unknown object near St. Johnsville, NY, Herkimer County NY
Other Non-Crime EventA train hit an unknown object, likely wildlife, near mileposts 206.5 to 206.7 close to St. Johnsville, NY. The train crew plans to inspect the front of the train to check for damage or remains.
Audio|Source: CSX Railroad Syracuse to Amsterdam
02:24
Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, 206.5, 206.7 somewhere in that area. It was on the Track 2 side. We're almost certain it was wildlife, but since we didn't see it, we just wanted to let them know just the case.
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DSX equipment defect detector milepost 177.4.
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Trag 2.
00:43
NC dispatcher's answer now. NC, Amtrak 283 with the 117 calling over.
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283 13.
00:56
Yes, sir. We wanted to let you know, mile post QC 206.7.
01:03
We struck something there, but we didn't see what it was. We're suspecting it was probably wildlife, but we wanted to let you know just in case somebody else could take a peek through there. Like I said, we didn't get a positive fix on what we hit. It was around somewhere between 206.5 and 206.7 there in St. Johnsville over
01:25
file post 262.7 track one
01:31
if you'd like us to stop and look on the head end to see if we can see anything we could certainly do that but that's why we're calling you if you want us to stop and look at it we can we can do that
01:44
Just to make sure, just in case for that situation, I would definitely want to know for sure that, yeah.
01:51
All right, well, I'll tell you what, we're almost up to 218 here. We'll stop before the signal, and we'll hop out and take a look on the front end and see if we can make any kind of determination.
02:02
But if not, I just wanted to let you know that we did strike something there.
02:06
We have seen a lot of deer out today, but we just can't make a positive determination on that.
02:15
All right Leah, go ahead and make sure. Okay, we'll stop at 218 and we'll give you a call of our findings after we get going there again, over.
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Herkimer County, NY
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