Leaders assess damage to Waterbury Metro-North line

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@SurfBandFan 4 ай бұрын

Its too bad that the Politicians, DOT and metro north are painting this as a major catastrophe as a mega scale technical and logistical challenge. Fill the hole however way it needs to be done, please stop the drama and do the job. "Your taxes (not) at work..."

@Couchflyer-NY 4 ай бұрын

@@SurfBandFan Railroad engineers are looking down from heaven and wondering why the tracks haven’t been fixed yet.

@railfannerjs6308 4 ай бұрын

Because it is. If a train were to run over the 40 foot gap and 220 feet stretch, more than 200,000 tons per consist, it would cave in. It is a service catastrophe, because stone and ballast are obvious earth but human made materials that support the track unlike metal beams.

@BungayLad 4 ай бұрын

Is this the same area where there was a news report about concerns of the railbed failing atop the Coe Pond dike immediately downstream from the Kinnytown Dam? In April there was an immediate concern that emergency action was needed. Was anything done then or is this an adjacent site? Supposedly funding is already in place for removal of the Kinnytown Dam but the situation with the Coe Pond was causing a delay. Thirty days is probably an optimistic estimate if people expect the job to be done correctly.

@danlowe8684 4 ай бұрын

1000-year storm...lol. A 10-year storm does this when you build next to the water. What was 1955 - a 10,000-year storm?

@DTD110865 4 ай бұрын

How is the Danbury Branch doing? While we're at it, how is the New Cannan Branch doing?

@rearspeaker6364 4 ай бұрын

Geez, if Hulcher or RJ Corman were called, it would be done in 24 hours!!

@southernload5710 4 ай бұрын

Not leaders!!! Representatives!!!!

@robertwells6724 4 ай бұрын

What a storm!!

@jamesfrancismchalejr7944 4 ай бұрын

I remember President Clinton talking about our declining infrastructure !!! ALL talk no action

@johnarthur620 4 ай бұрын

Its a good thing that orange haired clown fixed it.

@Dominick-qg2et 4 ай бұрын

Try putting a trestle over the gap, filling it in with gravel will not resolve further excessive rain fall, especially near a body of water. Connecticut needs people with common sense, but that's too much to ask.

@geneard639 4 ай бұрын

I figure 2 to 3 years before it runs again. It had a hobby railroad schedule any way.

@Couchflyer-NY 4 ай бұрын

1000 year storm? Considering there wasn’t anybody keeping records a thousand years ago, that makes no sense. The National Weather Service was started 154 years ago in 1870.

@jaysmith1408 4 ай бұрын

Common misconception. It’s calculated as a 0.1% chance per year. Hundred year floods (1%) happen multiple times per year.

@Couchflyer-NY 4 ай бұрын

@@jaysmith1408 Thanks for that, I guess. So, 1000 year is the same as saying this storm theoretically had .01 percent chance of happening this year. That doesn’t impress me either.

@jaysmith1408 4 ай бұрын

@@Couchflyer-NY correct, if averages were law, then a 0.1 percent annual chance flood would happen once every thousand years like clockwork. But in practice, it’s just really low odds. And you’re welcome.

@bigcatauna 4 ай бұрын

good time to rail kart this line

@qasimalmani647 4 ай бұрын

Believe in One God. God don't eat or drink He is not born nor He tastes death and there is nothing like Him. It is idolatry worshipping created things over Creator.

@frankkie3849 4 ай бұрын

Take the money and invest in better construction methods to prevent this problem..if you built better before you would not have this problem..😊

@s0nnyburnett 4 ай бұрын

God where will we ever find stone and dirt? If only we had special vehicles that could ride the tracks and carry the material to the site, if only there were contractors who do this regularly. When I see a woman in a hard hat I cringe because I know that shits gonna take forever.

@nycres 4 ай бұрын

It takes forever for the MTA to do anything, even when the person in charge has a c-ck