Tracks damaged by storm

Friday, June 13, 2008

By MARIBETH WARD, Staff Writer

No trains are running through Greencastle due to a washout in Madison Township. This two-mile long train has been stuck on the track between Fillmore and Greencastle since the area was hit with flooding last weekend.

No trains have been running through Greencastle since the area was flooded with torrential rains last weekend, confirmed dispatchers at the Atlanta headquarters of CSX Railroad.

There was a washout under rail tracks in Madison Township and repairs are under way.

Truckloads of gravel and fill dirt have been adding to piles at the old train depot on Madison Street and then sent by rail to the washout area.

A two-mile long train is stopped on the tracks between Fillmore and Greencastle waiting for repairs to be completed.

Dispatchers for CSX in Atlanta say the rails should be repaired and trains up and running sometime Thursday night or Friday morning.

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LOOKING AT THE DAMAGE FROM THE STORM,IS ONE THING BUT HAS ANYBODY NOTICED THE DAMAGE THAT ALL THE DUMP TRUCKS HAS DONE TO THE ROADS THAT THE TAX PAYERS WILL PAY TO REPAIR!! THE DAMAGE THAT SOME OF THE HOME OWNERS YARDS RECEIVED FROM THIS AND WHAT ABOUT ALL THE DUST ON THE STREETS!! YOU CAN WRITE YOUR NAME ON ANY CAR IN THAT AREA.. THE DUST ON THE STREETS AS TRUCKS AND CAR PASS LOOKS LIKE A COUNTRY ROAD WHERE IS THIS STREET SWEEPER!!I'VE NOTICED THAT ON CAMPUS IF THE STREETS GET CLOSE TO THIS THEIR CLEANED ASAP!!! THANKS TO THE CITY FOR ALL THE HELP

-- Posted by OLD SCHOOL on Sun, Jun 15, 2008, at 7:48 AM
The roads were bad before the storms, the dump trucks just made it worst. Hope everyone remembers to vote in November.

-- Posted by mad-mom on Sat, Jun 21, 2008, at 11:00 AM

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