From: jishnu@nospam.verizon.net   
      
   > On 3/9/2015 7:59 PM, conklin wrote:   
   >> "conklin"  wrote in message   
   >> news:hpadnaaINslibmDJnZ2dnUU7-bednZ2d@earthlink.com...   
   >>> Amtrak's Carolinian derailed today at 12:15 in Halifax, NC, due to the   
   >>> track being blocked by a oversized tractor trailer which had been trying   
   >>> to turn onto Route 301 for about 15 minutes.  No one notified the RR.   
   >>>   
   >>> http://abc11.com/news/amtrak-train-slams-into-truck-in-halifax/550657/   
   >>>   
   >>> No one seemed to be seriously hurt.  Later photos showed school   
   >>> buses, but   
   >>> if they were there to pick up passengers or just trying to get to a   
   >>> school   
   >>> was left unclear.  Passengers were taken to an "agricultural center,"   
   >>> whatever that is.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Evening news had about 10 minutes on this accident, which was filmed by a   
   >> cell camera.  They said passengers would be taken by bus to DC and   
   >> then they   
   >> would continue on by bus or rail.  I wonder what Amtrak arranged.   
   >> Anything?   
   >> Does anyone know how these issues are settled?  What happens to   
   >> passengers?   
      
   80 (Carolinian) involved in the accident was bus bridged to Richmond to   
   board a makeup train for the rest of their journey.   
      
   79 (Carolinian) that day was bus bridged from Richmond to Raleigh to   
   continue their journey on a makeup train from Raleigh.   
      
   89 and 90 (Palmetto) were bus bridged between Richmond and Rocky Mount   
   to board makeup trains at those respective points for onward journeys to   
   destination.   
      
   91 (Silver Star) and 97 (Silver Meteor) were terminated at Washington DC   
   with accommodation provided on the same trains the following day + hotel   
   and meals.   
      
   92 (Silver Star) and 98 (Silver Meteor) continued as usual with delays   
   through the accident location after track was restored.   
      
   52 and 53 (Auto Train) ran 3 to 6 hours behind schedule the day of the   
   accident. 53 was apparently the first train to pass the cleared site of   
   the accident in Halifax NC, at around 2am.   
      
   The following day 80 (Carolinian) was bus bridged from Raleigh to   
   Richmond due to lack of equipment. Two days later (on the 11th) 98   
   (Silver Meteor) was cancelled out of Miami, with passengers accommodated   
   on an enhanced 92 (Silver Star) (and on the following day) due to   
   unavailability of full consist as a result of cancellation of 97 (Silver   
   Meteor) the day of the accident. The following day 98 (Silver Meteor)   
   ran with extra Coaches to accommodate spillover load.   
      
   Equipment was cobbled together from spares and from maintenance   
   expedited in Hialeah, to put together the consist of 92 (Silver Star)   
   for the 11th out of Miami, since the usual equipment was caught up in   
   the cancellation of 91 (Silver Star) due to the accident. It ran with an   
   extra Sleeper and Coach over and above its normal consist.   
      
   Any trains not mentioned ran as usual.   
      
   Hope that helps the curious whet their curiosity. :)   
      
   /J   
      
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