CSX Incident at Gaithersburg, Maryland

CSX - We brake for broken couplers!

A CSX westbound freight (Q-416) goes into an emergency brake application in front of the Gaithersburg, Maryland station blocking the Summit Ave. crossing for more than three hours.

The conductor rides on three other passing trains as he and the engineer make the necessary repairs on two broken couplers on this long and heavy freight.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• csx
• emergency
• brake
• q416
• q-416
• broken coupler
• coupler
• knuckle
• Gaithersburg
• Maryland
• train
• trains
• railroad
• grade crossing
• crossing
• locomotives

[GP30RDMT]

@pwwoodring Just ask "Santa Clause"!

[derrleicaguy]

Wow, great catch!!

[TOY5OLDI3R24]

well...that was generous of amtrak

[THEATREofPAIN270]

Awesome Catch. Great Post.

[Corcoran09]

Nice catch!! Talk about being in the right place at the right time! Very informative example of real railroading adapting to circumstances-- must have been a bad day for the dispatcher,too. Getting video of the police officer question the engineer was a very nice, realistic touch! Keep up the great work!

[CSX2665]

wow i never thought of 416 ever going into emergency considering the fact ive seen it a few times but always damn short everytime i caught it on video.....

[CSX2665]

@pwwoodring its very rare but it happens!

[Trackside1234]

Look at that fool with his thumb up. I'll bet that the crew is thinking "what an asshole"

[pwwoodring]

Nice job Steve. Just another day in the life of a freight crew. Usually these things don't happen in a very public place, so most fans don't get to see them in person.

BTW, the nickname among employees for the Met Sub is "Knuckle Alley". The undulating profile of much of the sub lends itself to breaking trains apart if the engineer is not totally on his game.

[myrnaholdsworth]

Nicely edited video. It describes the events very well.