Posted on 03/02/2024 8:47:13 AM PST by ropin71
A Norfolk Southern train derailed along the Lehigh River in Lower Saucon Township on Saturday morning, sending part of two engines into the water.
The derailment happened in the area of Riverside Drive, across the river from Nagy’s Landing in Bethlehem Township, around 7:15 a.m. Two other trains were involved in the incident that led to the derailment, though only one derailed, officials said at an 11 a.m. news conference.
Photos from the scene showed the front edge of at least two engines sticking into the water, with multiple other cars off the track.
Norfolk Southern is investigating, and the cause of the derailment is unknown, officials said at the news conference.
(Excerpt) Read more at mcall.com ...
“According to U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, which is involved in the investigation along with Norfolk Southern, preliminary information indicates an eastbound Norfolk Southern train struck a Norfolk Southern train that was stopped on the same track. The wreckage from the striking train spilled onto an adjacent track and was struck by a westbound Norfolk Southern train. An unknown number of cars were derailed.”
The line is double tracked until a point about five miles east of the derailment site when it briefly (<2 miles) becomes single track before reverting to double.
That would explain why there was a stopped train...but obviously there was a signal failure and/or human error.
You can have all that rain. From what u remember of the ares (born and raised there) infrastructure, specifically transportation, has always been the ted-headed stepchild of Athe budget process in that state.
SiL was an engineer for Norfolk Southern. Employee moral is in the pits, everyone thinks the company is trying to screw them over. Upper management is a bunch of morons, and the people actually running the railroad just don’t CARE.
“This is sort of local to me.”
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Me also. I’m in Carbon County
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