Eastern Railroad Discussion > two RR incidents reported 1/5/03 - NS and CP in Pennsyl

I\'ve seen reports of the CP Rail derailment elsewhere. Anyone have info on the NS incident in Beaver County, PA? See items C and H below.



> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 07:36:42 -0500
> Subject: [PA-SitRep Disc.] 1/6/03 PEMA EOC >Daily Incident Summary
> Reply-To: Discussion@pa-sitrep.com
>
> EOC Daily Incident Summary
>
> This report covers the period 8:00 a.m.,
> January 5, 2003 through 8:00 a.m.,
> January 6, 2003 and contains the following
> events:
>
> A. Missing Person - Juniata County
> B. Structure Fire - Perry County
> C. Railroad Incident - Beaver County
> D. Bomb Threat - Fayette County
> E. Road Closure - Beaver County
> F. Search and Rescue - Lawrence County
> G. Road Closure - Blair County
> H. Railroad Incident - Luzerne County
> I. Follow-up - Road Closure - Franklin County
> J. Follow-up - Winter Storm - Statewide
> K. Emergency Preparedness Network Test
> L. State Weather Summary
>
>
>
> INCIDENTS
>
>
> C. Railroad Incident
>
> (Beaver County, 11:00 a.m., 1/5/03) Two
> Norfolk Southern Railway trains were involved
> in an accident at the Alley Hill Crossing in
> Beaver Falls Borough; 33 railcars were
> derailed. All the cars were empty; no injuries > were reported.
>
> Incident terminated at 2:11 p.m.
>
> Notifications: Public Utility Commission and
> PEMA Western Regional Office
>
>
> H. Railroad Incident
>
> (National Response Center, 2:05 a.m., 1/6/03) > A Canadian Pacific Railroad train derailed in
> Nescopeck Township, Luzerne County. Twenty-
> seven freight cars carrying clay were involved > in the incident; at least one of the railcars
> spilled some of its cargo. No injuries or road > closures were reported.
>
> Notifications: Department of Environmental Protection (Northeast Regional Office &
> Headquarters), Public Utility Commission, U.S. > Environmental Protection Agency Region III,
> Luzerne County and PEMA Eastern Regional Office



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Ben R. - Norristown, PA

WTAE TV Channel 4 from Pittsburgh has a blurb on their website regarding the NS derailment. Spilled commodities included mayonaise, corn kernels, molasses, and plastic pellets.

Tankers containing alcohol and styrene also derailed but did not leak.

The news story says no determination has been made as to the cause of the derailment.

WTAE TV had a small section on it this morning around 6:30am. Couldnt figure out where exactly it happend, I\'ll try to fin out more later....


-Brad

NS trains 16N and 16E derailed near Highland crossing("the cut")just about 1.5 miles west of CP Wood(we know this spot well nikonman!).16E derailed while passing the 16N,and the result was around 32 cars all total(I hear 16 from each train)on the ground.Appears to maybe be a mechanical failure on a car in the 16E a mile or so before the cut.No injuries and no haz mat spills,but only one track open as of this morning with many detours down the Cleveland Line and a couple up the Youngstown Line.21Q was to be the first train by this morning.
Real kicker is that I was in line for that 16N,but they marked me off(late Sat)for a rules class today(couldn\'t make a round trip and be rested)!Dodged the "big D"(as in derail)again...
RAD

I was on Amtrak 30 to DC from Cleveland. I went past the damage on the newly laid track. What a mess. It was pretty impressive. I heard on Amtrak about the two passing freights. Does anyone have pics of the site????
Thanks, ChessieGP9