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I heard on the radio that there was an electrical fire at Penn Station today. Amtrak doesn't seem to have anything about it, so I assume it was a LIRR car or engine. If anyone knows what exactly happened, please post here.
MTA New York City Subway
John
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It was in a restaurant on one of the restaurant/shopping mezzanines (LIRR and Amtrak and NJT all have their own mezzanines now...about a year ago, Amtrak and NJT shared the main Amtrak concourse...), but Amtrak and LIRR was affected, as was the entire 7th Avenue subway line. NJT at the time I heard the report come over the wire at GCT (at about 1635 Zulu) hadn't had any delays or cancellations due to the fire.Stuart D. Guberman
Chief Operations Officer
Atlantic Coastal Railway
http://www.atlanticrail.com
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A low hanging cable hit the third rail on track 21(I think that's the last track??? Anyways, it caused a lot of smoke however it was contained rather quickly. It did cause a whole evacuation of Penn Station which made nightmares for people trying to get home and ruined a lot of plans for peoples Valetines Day. Then again, that's just a small price to pay for not a single person getting hurt. Timeline:
3:45-3:49- Fire starts on Track 21
3:50- Total evacuation of Penn Station
6- People started to be let back into Penn Station
6:30- NJT and Amtrak trains begin to run
8:30- LIRR trains begin to runThere were a few nervous people who thought it was something more than a fire, thankfully it wasn't.Chris Lee
Train Artisan
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That's what I get for listening to heresay...grrrr.And yes, Track 21 is THE last track at NY Penn -- it's used solely by LIRR. Despite that, yes, catenary is installed for pantograph operated engines.Stuart D. Guberman
Chief Operations Officer
Atlantic Coastal Railway
http://www.atlanticrail.com
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