Eastern Railroad Discussion > Derailment Allentown, PA Yard

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Crews are on the scene of a train derailment in Allentown that has dumped plastic beads.A Norfolk Southern train was being remotely piloted out of the yard, when two cars went off the tracks, according to Captain John Christopher with the Allentown Fire Department.One car is overturned and in two pieces. Christopher said the train took down a telephone pole carrying fiberoptic lines. A Verizon crew is on scene.Christopher said the product spill is not hazardous. The damaged car was carrying very small plastic beads used for soda and water bottles. The other car off the tracks was carrying lumber. No injuries were reported.Central Boulevard is closed from Brookside Drive in Bethlehem to River Drive on the Allentown side. There is no estimate on when the road might re-open.Return to wfmz.com for more details as they become available.https://www.wfmz.com/news/lehigh-valley/norfolk-southern-cleaning-up-allentown-train-derailment/1106320367

Apparently Captain John can't count, or the reporter misreported...the photos clearly show THREE cars tipped over, including the one in 2 pieces.
Drones are SO handy!

Hopmere Hank

HH Wrote:
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> Apparently Captain John can't count, or the
> reporter misreported...the photos clearly show
> THREE cars tipped over, including the one in 2
> pieces.
> Drones are SO handy!

The narrative certainly doesn't seem to account for the "other" covered hopper.... which appears to have carried a grain product.

Maybe coupling a bit tooo fast.

toledopatch Wrote:
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> HH Wrote:
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> > Apparently Captain John can't count, or the
> > reporter misreported...the photos clearly show
> > THREE cars tipped over, including the one in 2
> > pieces.
> > Drones are SO handy!
>
> The narrative certainly doesn't seem to account
> for the "other" covered hopper.... which appears
> to have carried a grain product.

One covered hopper laying in line with the track and one split open at a 90% angle to the track hauling plastic pellets

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Doug Wetherhold
Macungie, PA

"Reimagine the possible" I didnt think we could transload at the hospital siding.....then I reimagined it!

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OHRY Wrote:
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> "Reimagine the possible" I didnt think we could
> transload at the hospital siding.....then I
> reimagined it!
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> Posted from Android
I didn’t know there was a hospital siding, is it just east of the hump tower?

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Where the wreck, and I do think that qualifies as a wreck, was is called the hospital siding. Once upon a time there was actually a siding there that delivered coal for state hospital. I have some charts that actually so there was an aerial bucket line that would take the coal up to the buildings!

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OHRY Wrote:
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> Where the wreck, and I do think that qualifies as
> a wreck, was is called the hospital siding. Once
> upon a time there was actually a siding there that
> delivered coal for state hospital. I have some
> charts that actually so there was an aerial bucket
> line that would take the coal up to the buildings!
>
>
> Posted from Android

That's a neat piece of trivia.

ETA: Here's some background on Allentown State Hospital, which has been closed for years.  The state is considering its sale.

https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pennsylvania-allentown-state-hospital-20181129-story.html



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/09/19 09:36 by Lackawanna484.