Train Cars Derail, Fall into Potomac River in Harpers Ferry.

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5. Wouldn't be surprised;

deferred maintenance has been an issue for many years, esp for lines which 'beg' for abandonment.

'The train was headed east over Winchester and Potomac Railroad Bridge between Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and Maryland about 2:30 a.m., train operator CSX says.

The empty grain cars derailed into the water and on the West Virginia shoreline, but the locomotive stayed ont the tracks, CSX says. . .

The Civil War-era bridge is now used by CSX freight rail service. The train tracks run next to a popular pedestrian footbridge along the Appalachian Trail. The derailment is visible from the town of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

The process of removing cars from the Potomac is expected to be a lengthy process.

From January to September 2019, there were three other train accidents in West Virginia and 18 in Maryland according to federal safety data.

Amtrak service in the area is not expected to be affected.'