by John Laubenheimer
A New Jersey Transit train has derailed entering New York's Penn Station. The train was heading for track 9, according to the local news. There's no online link yet. NYP shut down (again!).
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Gilbert B Norman wrote:Directing the focus to Amtrak operations, as of a few moments ago, Train Status shows only minor delays, i.e. 10-15 min, for NYP arrivals.NJ Transit's departure board (which includes Amtrak Northeast Regionals) indicates that not much is getting through. I tried to get train status for 141 from amtrak.com and it says "Status currently unavailable due to a service disruption."
The Local NBC reporter implied to me that the entire station had been shut down, which conflicts with Train Status.
JamesRR wrote:I was on the train - but I'm not sure the exact number derailed. I read three cars had derailed towards the middle of the train today on one of the news sites (from my vantage point at car two it appeared around the fourth car and beyond. Was a 10 car train of multi-levels.The approach of 9/10 going into track 9 means a good chunk of tracks are cut out from access:
It was on the approach to track 9/10, so it is fouling up a significant number of tracks. Also - the multi-levels are heavy, large cars, so I'm sure with the tight clearances getting them out of there will be a challenge - not to mention the damage to the track.
From the acrid electrical burning smell it seemed like it might have hit the third rail.