Jeff Smith Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Just saw a news item about an Amtrak derailment southbound in Northfield,Vermont. No deaths, 7 injured. Looks like a rockslide blocked the track. At least two cars off the track. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dalesman Posted October 5, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2015 Just saw a news item about an Amtrak derailment southbound in Northfield,Vermont. No deaths, 7 injured. Looks like a rockslide blocked the track. At least two cars off the track. Amtrak P42 102 was the loco (one of the Albany, NY allocated ones) and an Amfleet was the car that has gone over the edge. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Hopefully those injured are not seriously so! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1905 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Always a good rule of thumb, it is better to go to the scenery than have the scenery come to you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Boucher Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Just saw a news item about an Amtrak derailment southbound in Northfield,Vermont. No deaths, 7 injured. Looks like a rockslide blocked the track. At least two cars off the track. Not sure if this will work if you're not on Facebook, but here's some photos of the wreck/cleanup... https://www.facebook.com/kevin.burkholder/media_set?set=a.10207435683187321.1073741834.1144865652&type=3 Amfleet cars back on track. Plan appears to be to scrap the loco on site. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted October 8, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 8, 2015 Not sure if this will work if you're not on Facebook, but here's some photos of the wreck/cleanup... https://www.facebook.com/kevin.burkholder/media_set?set=a.10207435683187321.1073741834.1144865652&type=3 Amfleet cars back on track. Plan appears to be to scrap the loco on site. Probably it's easier to recover the loco this way, much the same way as the GBRf Class 66 in Scotland. Julian Sprott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 The photos in the FB link are also all on Railpictures (including the one Dutch_Master linked) http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?road_number=AMTK%20102(this link is to photos of the loco Amtrak 102 and the content will change if any more photos of the loco are added.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Boucher Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 My info was incorrect. They didn't scrap it on site.... http://www.wcax.com/story/30233121/derailed-amtrak-train-car-transported-to-northfield-center Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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