Train blocks intersections due to rail car breakdown, Houston TX
Road ClosureA Union Pacific train stopped on the railroad track due to a rail car breakdown. The broken rail car is blocking intersections near San Felipe at South Shepherd, Westheimer, and Richmond. Traffic control units are requested to help direct traffic, and the blockage is expected to last about an hour.
Audio|Source: Houston Police Department and Harris County Constables
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Transcript:
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I just got off the phone with Union Pacific and they say the train has stopped on the railroad track.
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It's not a derailment. It's one of the rail cars that had a breakdown.
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And ETA, too, they cleared the intersections that's going to be maybe an hour.
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Just clear,
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let's see if we can send some MRT units out there to help out with some traffic direction.
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That's clear. Cepo, 0.95, and available for you can check by traffic control. It's going to be San Felipe at South Shepherd,
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and it's going to be Westheimer and Richmond, inside of the loop at the rover. Okay.
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... 700004195. You shall be clear here, hold them.
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And show me around for that.
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401, which interception do you want, Richmond, Westheimer, or San Felipe?
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Westheimer. Richmond, Westheimer. I'll think that will.
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Location mentioned:
Westheimer Rd & S Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX 77019
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