- Joined
- Feb 18, 2003
- Messages
- 8,509
Empire Line Service is being held btwn NYC/Albany due to an early morning derailment of a Metro-North commuter train in Spuyten Duyvil, NY. No estimate for restoration of Empire Line service is available at this time. Amtrak Northeast Corridor service between Washington and Boston is not affected.
And they are now reporting that it has been "re-suspended."Amtrak reporting on twitter that it is resuming service.
My guess is that it's already too late for that Bill. If Amtrak got the go ahead to release several trains through the area, MN would have already changed signals for that.I'm betting the NTSB told MN to not open the railroad. They may not want the signal system worked until all the post-accident settings can be inspected and recorded.
Maybe they turned a train at Croton-Harmon to protect #283? The Maple Leaf #63, which leaves NYP before 283, is still sitting south of the derailment site. Unless they ran #283 around #63 (why would they do that?), there is no way it could be north of the site with #63 south of the site.My guess is that it's already too late for that Bill. If Amtrak got the go ahead to release several trains through the area, MN would have already changed signals for that.I'm betting the NTSB told MN to not open the railroad. They may not want the signal system worked until all the post-accident settings can be inspected and recorded.
And I'm seeing 283 running north of the site on the Amtrak status site, approaching Croton-Harmon, meaning that at least one train has gone through the interlocking north of the Spuyten curve. So unless Amtrak has something keyed off wrong in its system, again at least 1 train has gone through.
#63 is north of the bridge, but it is south of the interlocking with MN and sitting. Wonder if they are going to walk it through the interlocking with the signals dark?Further update, train #63 is now showing north of the bridge meaning that it has made it past the accident scene if this is correct. Update time was listed as 2:31 PM.
Hopefully this is a good sign.
Metro North is not resuming service, only Amtrak is resuming service. And Amtrak while very close to the derailment site at that point, isn't yet on Metro North tracks. Therefore technically but for all the emergency services people running all over, there was no reason to stop Amtrak from running. Passengers on an Amtrak train might be able to see a few of the derailed cars as they cross the bridge, but at that distance they would not be able to see any bodies lying on the ground. Besides, they've all been removed anyhow.With fatalities and cars all over the ground, I would be surprised with service returning so quickly.
Enter your email address to join: