17 cars derailed after train hit a dump truck carrying stone near Freeport Road. Derailment severed a Harmar township water line, according to reports.
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On Google Maps, look up "Alleghany Valley Joint Sewage Authority". The crossing mentioned in the news report looks like the access road to the aforementioned facility. No gates or flashers, just a crossbuck with a stop sign.
At best there were 2-3 car lengths between the crossing and the bridge. It appears the locomotive made it across before overturning (you can see it's wheels and traction motors peeking out of the underbrush behind the reporter), gondolas and tankers went into the drink.
---PCJ
Just passed this mess heading to work.
What a mess. Thankfully those injured are reported to have minor injuries.
Three train derailments at the same location.
March 13, 1907, three men died, the engine and five cars into the creek when the bridge was weakened by floodwaters.
July 1, 1935, twenty cars derailed at the bridge.
May 26, 2022, seventeen cars derailed at the bridge
@harleyhouse posted:Three train derailments at the same location.
March 13, 1907, three men died, the engine and five cars into the creek when the bridge was weakened by floodwaters.
July 1, 1935, twenty cars derailed at the bridge.May 26, 2022, seventeen cars derailed at the bridgeThis last statement is pretty misleading. In fact the train struck a dump truck loaded with stone!
