Luck - good & bad
The Maumee Ave bridge in Toledo is the middle of three consecutive bridges under re-construction around CP 288 on the NS Chicago main. On this afternoon around 2PM contractors were vibrating a new footer into the ground when the entire bridge deck collapsed onto the tracks below leaving just the sides suspended. A little more than an hour later there was a swarm of people at the scene with heavy equipment working to remove the debris. While the accident and unplanned outage is certainly bad luck the fact that there wasn't a train underneath it at the time was some good luck for NS. Toledo, OH 4/3/19
Luck - good & bad
The Maumee Ave bridge in Toledo is the middle of three consecutive bridges under re-construction around CP 288 on the NS Chicago main. On this afternoon around 2PM contractors were vibrating a new footer into the ground when the entire bridge deck collapsed onto the tracks below leaving just the sides suspended. A little more than an hour later there was a swarm of people at the scene with heavy equipment working to remove the debris. While the accident and unplanned outage is certainly bad luck the fact that there wasn't a train underneath it at the time was some good luck for NS. Toledo, OH 4/3/19