by MACTRAXX
Everyone:
This is quite the news to wake up to this morning...
When I saw the first pictures of this wreck I knew exactly where it was - Frankford Junction just east of Shore
Tower - I noted the now-closed Wheatsheaf Lane pedestrian bridge in some photos...
I will add my condolences here to all involved may it be crew or passengers...
I am now listening to a news conference being held by the City of Philadelphia and the NTSB...
This should be a thorough investigation and the cause(s) will be identified...
The damage to the catenary and some tracks - and removing the wrecked cars from the scene along
with the crash investigation - is going to take time and it may be until the weekend (5/16-17) when service
is finally fully restored through the Frankford Junction area...
I also thought about the 1943 PRR Congressional derailment noting the location of this wreck and the cause
of that accident was a burned off friction journal box on a coach - highly unlikely to be the cause of this one
but speed may have well been a factor on this reduced speed curve...
I noted postings about alternate train service and the most logical route is using the River Line from Trenton
to Camden and then PATCO into Philadelphia...I noted mention of SEPTA increasing service on the West Trenton
Line - that is being done as a alternative for Northeast Philadelphia and Bucks County commuters and NOT for
passengers looking to connect to NJT or Amtrak trains to go north - you only have the sporadically operated NJT
608 Bus or a potentially expensive taxi ride into Trenton operating from West Trenton...
MACTRAXX
This is quite the news to wake up to this morning...
When I saw the first pictures of this wreck I knew exactly where it was - Frankford Junction just east of Shore
Tower - I noted the now-closed Wheatsheaf Lane pedestrian bridge in some photos...
I will add my condolences here to all involved may it be crew or passengers...
I am now listening to a news conference being held by the City of Philadelphia and the NTSB...
This should be a thorough investigation and the cause(s) will be identified...
The damage to the catenary and some tracks - and removing the wrecked cars from the scene along
with the crash investigation - is going to take time and it may be until the weekend (5/16-17) when service
is finally fully restored through the Frankford Junction area...
I also thought about the 1943 PRR Congressional derailment noting the location of this wreck and the cause
of that accident was a burned off friction journal box on a coach - highly unlikely to be the cause of this one
but speed may have well been a factor on this reduced speed curve...
I noted postings about alternate train service and the most logical route is using the River Line from Trenton
to Camden and then PATCO into Philadelphia...I noted mention of SEPTA increasing service on the West Trenton
Line - that is being done as a alternative for Northeast Philadelphia and Bucks County commuters and NOT for
passengers looking to connect to NJT or Amtrak trains to go north - you only have the sporadically operated NJT
608 Bus or a potentially expensive taxi ride into Trenton operating from West Trenton...
MACTRAXX
EXPRESS TRAIN TO NEW YORK PENN STATION-NO JAMAICA ON THIS TRAIN-PLEASE STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING TRAIN DOORS