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dorkzilla

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26. Jeez, that's my train line...

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Original post)

Sun Dec 1, 2013, 11:18 AM

Dec 2013

I hope it isn't some sort of sabotage, but i think its near/on the spot where a freight train derailed earlier this year. I've never been on a train where the engineer did not go reeeeaaaaallllllyyy slowly through that area as its right where the MetroNorth and Amtrak rail lines connect and its incredibly curvy. I've taken that train every day for many many years.

EDITED TO ADD- officials have just said this is completely unrelated to the July freight derailment.

MetroNorth and Amtrak suspended from the Croton-Harmon station on down.

Thank you, Cooley Hurd for posting. I didn't know about this till I saw this post, and my little sister was going to get on the train early afternoon from Hudson back to NYC to where she goes to school. I just called my dad to make sure he knew (he didn't) and for the two of us to jump into action to go up and get her and take her into the City.

Watching live copter shots on WNBC…it looks like a horrible accident.

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CNN Breaking: Metro North Commuter Train Derailment in the Bronx [View all] Cooley Hurd Dec 2013 OP

Edited--this is at Spuyten Duyvil. Pic-- msanthrope Dec 2013 #1

This worries me. ananda Dec 2013 #2

Looks like they may have just avoided the water--people from first car on edge of water. msanthrope Dec 2013 #8

not in water according to news reports. spanone Dec 2013 #24

It's the Hudson Line---curve--possibly no cars in water. Many ambulances. nt msanthrope Dec 2013 #3

WABC-TV livestream link: pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #4

looks like no cars in the river... ProdigalJunkMail Dec 2013 #5

Commuter train going INTO Manhattan. Looks like it just missed the water--- msanthrope Dec 2013 #6

Photos on NY Daily News site Sanity Claws Dec 2013 #7

It's the Harlem---the Hudson line runs on the Harlem's bank. When you go from msanthrope Dec 2013 #9

It's at Spuyten Duyvil, the place where the Hudson and Harlem rivers meet. Cooley Hurd Dec 2013 #10

Yes--The Hudson line runs on the Harlem River's bank at that point. Take the Circle Line... msanthrope Dec 2013 #11

Yep. When I used to sail my boat down the Hudson to go to Mets games... Cooley Hurd Dec 2013 #12

I had a boyfriend who used to row on that river....it's one of the more unspoiled places in NYC. nt msanthrope Dec 2013 #13

About 30 injured, unconfirmed 2 dead, a trash train derailed earlier this msanthrope Dec 2013 #14

WABC reported it originated in Poughkeepsie... Cooley Hurd Dec 2013 #15

Yes--commuter train. Shoppers and workers. Maybe the 5:54 out of Poughkeepsie? nt msanthrope Dec 2013 #16

That's what WABC is saying - the 5:54am from Poughkeepsie... Cooley Hurd Dec 2013 #22

Four reported dead; up to 20 injured Sanity Claws Dec 2013 #17

Jeez... Cooley Hurd Dec 2013 #18

A freight train derailed that exact spot in July. Are_grits_groceries Dec 2013 #19

It's a very sharp curve: Cooley Hurd Dec 2013 #20

I would still check it just in case. Are_grits_groceries Dec 2013 #21

Agreed - I hope it wasn't human error... Cooley Hurd Dec 2013 #23

67 involved--4 dead, 11 critical injuries, the rest, in hosptial, per ABC news. nt msanthrope Dec 2013 #25

Jeez, that's my train line... dorkzilla Dec 2013 #26