[tcrlaf]

Happened about 20 minutes ago, In the Frankfort section of Philly. Just breaking. Now on CNN, too.

[Larry Lucido]

Dang.

Prayers up.

[re_nortex]

Since it's Amtrak, this is par for the course. All forms of socialist transportation always fails as clearly seen below:

Get the government out of all forms of transportation!

[PROCON]

The night time wreckage looks horrific, hope no fatalities.

[Biggirl]

Watching now on FoxNews.

[tcrlaf]

2 Detectives being deployed to each hospital.

This is beginning to sound like something more sinister.

[HangnJudge]

Watching breaking news on Fox News now...

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Prayers Up.

[HangnJudge]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AMTRAK_CRASH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-05-12-21-52-06

[HangnJudge]

Officials say eight to ten cars derailed on the 2000 block of Wheatsheaf Lane. At least 50 people were injured though officials have not yet revealed their conditions. Officials say approximately 240 people in all were on board. The train was coming from New York and heading to Washington, DC, according to officials.

[jimjohn]

Hey folks! didn’t team jihad say they were gonna put out some warning today?

[max americana]

Sue Amtrak!

[kvanbrunt2]

i hear sirens in that direction and an unmarked car cranked up the siren when i was on 95 about 20 minutes ago.

[HangnJudge]

Another local source

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/Amtrak_train_from_Washington_crashes_in_Philadelphia_.html

[PGalt]

Thanks for posting. There seem to be a lot of them lately. One FReeper always kept an eye on train wrecks. Very soft targets?

R.I.P.

[Patriot Babe]

Here is a short video of passengers getting off:

https://twitter.com/Janelle_News/status/598322785908318208

[Patriot Babe]

a Former Congressman was on board. No news if there are current Congresscritter on board.

“Among the passengers was former congressman Patrick Murphy (D-PA), who was able to tweet”

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/241869-former-congressman-tweets-from-inside-derailed-amtrak-train

[kristinn]

"Aerial image shows railroad tracks having come completely off their ties at derailment location."

Source

[Intolerant in NJ]

At least five confirmed dead at 11:30......

[Raymann]

I work for Amtrak and I’ve worked on this train before. It’s crewed from New York and all of it’s crew was headed home. So far I’m having a hard time telling what’s going on. The only severe curve in the area is directly around 30th St. Station with speed restrictions only going up to 85 mph around the area. Just leaving Philly and coming into Trenton I can’t imagine the engineer not being on point.

From what I’ve seen on the news so far, the engineer saw something on started breaking, it wasn’t another train and usually it’s a person (it happens) and there are no crossings between was and nyc. I’m really concerned that there was something was on the track and that this was a terrorist attack.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]