Posted on 07/17/2023 3:57:56 PM PDT by lightman
A freight train derailed in Montgomery County early Monday morning, according to police and news reports.
The incident occurred at around 4:50 a.m. near the intersection of Stenton Avenue and Joshua Road in Whitemarsh township, according to 6ABC, NBC10 and the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Whitemarsh Township Police Department said on Facebook that residents and businesses that were located closest to the accident have been evacuated, but that further evacuations are not believed to be necessary at this time.
The police department also said the only thing that leaking from any of the rail cars is silicone pellets, which do not pose a risk to the community. No injuries have been reported.
Joshua Road is closed between Flourtown Road and Stanton Avenue, police said.
6ABC reported that about 15 to 20 train cars could be seen off the tracks, some of which, according to NBC10, appeared to be bent.
NBC10 also said that while Norfolk Southern owned the tracks, the train was being operated by CSX.
It is not clear what caused the derailment yet or what exactly the freight train was hauling.
When I grew up in Plymouth Meeting. Whitemarsh Township was the most Republican Township in the Most Republican County in PA. When my parents moved there, my Grandfather, who was the NJ Dtate Assemblyman for Camden County, advised my parents to register Republican because primary elections were all that mattered in the one party Township.
Obama visited Montgomery County when he was in office and declared the area too White middle class. The zoning was too strict, there was no multi-family housing and the population was too White. Heck, when we lived there, there was no full grocery store and no movie theater. We did have four Country Clubs, though, whose membership was not local.
This train line has been controversial since Obama’s days Office. The bridge collapsed and they refused to allow it to be rebuilt. They closed the intersection that defined Plymouth Meeeting, where the friends Meeting House stood since the 18th century, cutting off access between Germantown Pike and and the rest of the township, making things very inconvenient. The reason was that they wanted to build a very large condo development and change the nature and historical character of Whitemarsh Township. This rail line may have been the catalyst for closing the intersection, but that doesn’t mean that the developers wouldn’t love to see it go. The locals would like the intersection re-opened.
Wonder whos doing all the train derailing?.
FIB still hasn’t fount the missing 60,000 Lbs of explosives from box car.
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