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Quintette Road Crossing Blocked For Hours By Stopped Train
October 29, 2021
There’s no word why a train blocked the crossing on Quintette Road for hours Friday morning.
The crossing was blocked by the stopped train sometime before 5 a.m., according to individuals arriving at work in the area. By 9:30 a.m., the train had moved, and the crossing was open.
One end of the train was near William Ditch Road, about a mile and a half away to the south.
Quintette Road is common morning commuter route. It is one of just two routes north of Nine Mile Road across the Escambia River between Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. (The other is Highway 4 in Century.)
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20 Responses to “Quintette Road Crossing Blocked For Hours By Stopped Train”
I agree with those who feel it necessary to fine the hell out of the Rail Road for blocking public roads. You do realize if a private citizen blocked a public road they’d be fined, right?
Escambia County drivers are being railroaded.
SOME MAY REMEMBER THIS HAPPEN-D 5OR6 YEARS AGO FOR HOURS FROM EDEN LANE PAST QUINTETTE !!!
A couple years ago i wrote a letter to the railroad commission explaining how CSX was hauling massive trains to save money resulting in breakdowns that closed emergency routes. These routes being blocked hampered the ability for emergency vehicles to access local emergency medical facilities specifically Sacred Heart Hospital. A few weeks later someone at Escambia County was contacted by the railroad commission and the County explained it was not an emergency and there were alternate routes available. With that said don’t waste your time complaining, nothing will happen in this government bureaucracy. Have a good day!
Last time this came up the BOCC wrote a strongly worded letter and beat or chests and strutted around like peacocks. Inside tip: it’s our fault. We are posturing to make it look like we are doing something because we lack the will to build infrastructure.
One thing for sure.
Nothing can be done about it.
I guess there were many people late for work, late getting home from work, children missing school. There should be a connector from Quintette Road to McKenzie Road and CSX should not be allowed to block both intersections. That will solve many road blocks. Rocky Branch Road off Quintette Rd should be a route to 95A if it isn’t already.
CSX employees could have disconnected the cars blocking Quintette Road but they get a high seeing all the traffic build up and frustrated drivers.
@ Steve – you’re right, CSX don’t give a rat’s _____.
Jake Thompson has it right. Quit blaming the railroad and build an overpass, which a county with vision would already have done.
Hello all!
I have worked with CSX for about 2 decades and I can tell you first hand thatfrom.the top to the bottom they do not care about your complaints or gripes. They may seem diplomatic and political correct, ect but I can tell you they are likely laughing behind closed doors.
They have a point:
They believe that the surrounding roads should have been built better, especially around major roads. They believe the complaints and grips should go to the appropriate city or county where the road issue is, not to CSX. They see the city or county elected officials as INEPT as they cannot properly build or adjust roads around a track that has been there for a very long time.
The railways are very important, just as important as roadways.
It is up to elected officials to figure this stuff out. It won’t just magically happen.
Another train, presumably, blocked off 9 and 10 mile today for over an house. Unfortunately, they cannot be fined, legally because they own the property. Every road that crosses the tracks does so only because csx allows them to. States cannot fine them, only the feds can. With that said, we need to do something Iike another community did – they started fining the conductor and engineers, not csx themselves, which is perfectly legal. After that, they started breaking the train up to allow traffic through
Escambia County Commissioners need to solve this problem. It won’t be cheap but it needs to be done and done correctly considering Quintette is now a major thoroughfare with all the traffic coming from Pace and Milton which are EXPLODING in population.
A four lane bridge over the tracks would solve the problem.
Must be four lanes from the new bridge to HWY95A because we ALL know Quintette Road from Santa Rosa to Escambia will eventually have to be four lanes in the next 10 to 15 years due to the population boom and traffic.
While they’re at it, they might as well fix the intersection at
East Quintette and Hwy 95A N where East Quintette and West Quintette make a zig zag with stop sign. That needs to be redesigned and make East Quintette curve to meet West Quintette straight on with a traffic light with turn lanes at Hwy 95 A N.
Not doing this is willful ignorance on part of the county.
Let’s see if they’ll dig into heir social justice funds for this or will they keep forgetting about the things that matter – like infrastructure, which affects everyone.
I was going to work 3:15 this morning . McKenzie rd was open I herd the train blowing whistle and coming to a stop . While passing quintette rd.
Seeing that it was blocked for so long, there should have been a sign at 5 points saying road closure. We got off work at 6am in east Pensacola and take Quintette home. We got all the way to about a half mile from tracks just to sit for 30 minutes. I called Cat Country for info. They said to just turn around and leave the area. They didn’t know amy more than I did…..not faulting them on lack of info. No one knew anything.
Cops or Fire Department could have been out there to turn everyone around instead of so many people being late for work and such.
I’m not mad……just saying.
It was nice morning and we were home safely within another hour and a half.
CSX workers need better training. : \
Quintette was blocked at 4:30 a.m. this morning. Line of angry truckers and others trying to get to work. REALLY sucks for the people that come all the way from Pace to get to the tracks and have to go all the way back .
“I cannot believe I’m seeing an article on this site about a train blocking Quintet Road…Pinehaven in Nokomis is blocked daily,”
Pinehaven is in Alabama, not in North Escambia. It’s a ‘minor’ road with just a few residences, not a primary commuter thoroughfare between two counties like Quintette. (And yes, it’s important to the few people that live there.)
Each train should be capable of busting the coupling when they’re blocking a road for an extended time.
I cannot believe I’m seeing an article on this site about a train blocking Quintet Road…Pinehaven in Nokomis is blocked daily, The families on that Road are late for school, church, children’s practices and events weekly. The mothers on that Road beg CSX,the Mayor of Atmore, and anyone else who will listen. CSX took the phone number down off the little building at the crossing, and charged the number!!! So,what about NorthEscambia???
They should be fined if they block an intersection for more than 10 minutes. It’s not meant to be a parking space.
what a go CSX. great
public relation job….