by Steamboat Willie
Reports from the field that 1582 has derailed between CP 229 and CP 230. Unsure of the reasons why at the moment.
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Cos Cob, Conn (WTNH) - A Metro-North train has derailed in Cos Cob on its way to New Haven Tuesday night.[LINK TO ARTICLE]
The MTA says the 8:07pm train from Grand Central to New Haven derailed just north of Greenwich in Cos Cob.
The derailment has caused Metro-North to lose three of the four tracks in that area, which is causing major delays along the New Haven line.
About 500-600 passengers are aboard the train. No injuries have been reported.
The train, the first post-rush hour one to leave New York at 8:07 p.m. and scheduled to arrive in New Haven just before 10 p.m., came off the tracks at 8:55 p.m. at a switch, causing all four tracks to go out of service. Five or six other trains were delayed due to the bottleneck and trains along the New Haven line are running with a half-hour to an hour of scattered delays.http://www.greenwichtime.com/default/ar ... z1CoL6EPPP
Ridgefielder wrote:Some more detail from the Greenwich paper:My head hurts just thinking about more cars going OOS if necessary.
The train, the first post-rush hour one to leave New York at 8:07 p.m. and scheduled to arrive in New Haven just before 10 p.m., came off the tracks at 8:55 p.m. at a switch, causing all four tracks to go out of service. Five or six other trains were delayed due to the bottleneck and trains along the New Haven line are running with a half-hour to an hour of scattered delays.http://www.greenwichtime.com/default/ar ... z1CoL6EPPP
Any word on how badly the equipment was damaged?
Rail officials are trying to find out what caused an express train out of Grand Central Station to derail Tuesday night in Greenwich.http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/M ... 990932.php
"It is under investigation. It is very unusual and we probably won't know for a couple of days," said Metro-North Railroad spokeswoman Margorie Anders, adding that officials are downloading information from the train's black box, a device that records information about trains' operation.
Two front wheels of the lead car came off the track, causing the first car to derail, Metro-North spokesman Aaron Donovan on Wednesday said.
A 50-year-old man complained of back pains following the derailment, which occurred at a switch between the Greenwich and Cos Cob stations, and was taken to Stamford Hospital.
"Initially we had no reports of any injuries," Anders said.
The eight-car train, the second post-rush hour one to leave New York at 8:07 p.m. with an estimated 500-600 passengers, came off the tracks at 8:55 p.m., 10 minutes after its scheduled arrival at the Greenwich train station, Donovan said Tuesday night.
Read more: http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/artic ... z1CpoYm4zQ
Clean Cab wrote:Thankfully the train did not derail on Cos Cob Bridge!! What else can happen to the fleet next? I shudder to think.The hits truly do keep on comin'!!! When it rains, to hell with "it pours", it is a damn hurricane!!!!