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Carrol Iowa update

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Carrol Iowa update

Postby cnwfan51 on Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:30 pm

Thru the day I have learned that amtrak was going to detour across the mainline today due to a derailment on the BNSF coal trian earlier today and couldnt because of the carrroll derailment Sounds like the Iowa Interstae is going to get a lot of detour traffixc between Des Moines and Conucil Bluffs The railroad is hoping to have the line open later tonight or early Wednesday more as it becomes availible Larry
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Re: Carrol Iowa update

Postby UP1995 on Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:01 am

cnwfan51 wrote:Thru the day I have learned that amtrak was going to detour across the mainline today due to a derailment on the BNSF coal trian earlier today and couldnt because of the carrroll derailment Sounds like the Iowa Interstae is going to get a lot of detour traffixc between Des Moines and Conucil Bluffs The railroad is hoping to have the line open later tonight or early Wednesday more as it becomes availible Larry

I spoke with a railroad friend this morning around 8 and he said that the there is a single track open at Carroll.
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