There's Been A Major Train Derailment In The Bronx — At Least 4 Reported Dead

http://www.businessinsider.com/metro-north-train-derails-in-the-bronx-2013-12 ^ | Dec 1, 2013 | Joe Weisenthal

[Cvengr]

"...CBS New York, citing FDNY sources, is saying there are "several injuries."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/metro-north-train-derails-in-the-bronx-2013-12#ixzz2mEOvVQNG ..."

[Cvengr]

Photos at link, multiple derailment

[mountainlion]

Alkiada.

[oh8eleven]

There's Been A Major Train Derailment In The Bronx ...
... Car 54, Where Are You?

[trebb]

Prayers up for the passengers (and anyone who may have been in the fallout zones). I saw a train derailment (all cargo) in the early ‘70s and cars were literally jumping 15’ in the air as things bound up - and that’s at a 30-35 mph through a city area.

[stonehouse01]

Wow - we were lucky - we just put one of our daughters (24, lawyer in NYC) and her boyfriend on the same train track from Poughkeepsie to Grand Central last night. They took the 5:54 pm out yesterday but could have easily decided to get up early and take that one - we were just getting ready to leave at 9:00 to take our other daughter who is a senior in college in Manhattan to Poughkeepsie for the train to Grand Central later this morning.

Scary.

[soycd]

We’ll see who the union blames for this one.

[Common Sense 101]

Has Hussein blamed the Repukelicans yet? You know... because of their refusal to “invest” in our country’s infrastructure and all that blather.

[babble-on]

Spuyten Duyvil, or “Spitting Devil” is a set of rapids and whirlpools in the estuary that’s colloquially but inaccurately called the Harlem River

[Alberta's Child]

That's right at a tight curve in the tracks where the Harlem River flows into the Hudson River, and the Metro-North tracks run along the bottom of a bluff overlooking the two rivers.

I think it's the same location where there was a freight train derailment within the last few months.

[MarineMom613]

Just confirmed several fatalities. So very sad. Train was going really fast being pushed by an engine. Don’t the engines usually pull the train???

[fatima]

Twitter saying 4 dead and 48 injured.
Live Feed
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Train-Derail-Metro-North-Bronx—233982881.html

[Third Person]

Sequester did it.

[Alberta's Child]

For short passenger trains like this the engine stays at one end of the train regardless of which direction the train is going. If this was a southbound train and the engine was pushing it, then it probably would have pulled the train on the northbound return trip out of Grand Central Terminal. Unlike freight trains, many passenger trains are short enough and light enough that it’s not necessary to move the engine to the opposite end of the train when traveling in the other direction. Commuter trains usually have some specially-designed passenger cars with a cab and equipment at one end so the train engineer can operate the train from that end even though the locomotive is at the opposite end of the train.

[Moonmad27]

I am so glad I’m not the only one who thought what when reading the headline!

Hoping the best for those injured.

[Steely Tom]

Just confirmed several fatalities. So very sad. Train was going really fast being pushed by an engine. Don’t the engines usually pull the train???

Not if there's a long tunnel on the route.

Engine pushing means increased risk of derailment on curves.

[oh8eleven]

More pix here.

[G Larry]

I thought this was going to be about the Obamacare site reopening....

[PghBaldy]

Is it just me, or are derailments more common in Chicago than New York, or am I completely off base? I just seem to remember some from the Windy City, but not so much NYC. I hope the loss of life and injuries are as limited as possible.

[jocon307]

Wow - glad that worked out the way it did for you guys!

[Squawk 8888]

On most commuter trains, there is a control cab in one of the cars so that it can be run in either direction. This reduces the time it takes to turn the train around.