A Norfolk Southern prepare one way or the other crashed head-on into one other Norfolk Southern prepare on the identical observe in Japanese Pennsylvania on Saturday. Fortuitously, there was a 3rd NS prepare on an adjoining observe to interrupt its fall. Two locomotives ended up on a river embankment after the crash, with container automobiles scattered across the speedy space. The Nationwide Transportation Security Board is investigating the derailment and acknowledged there aren’t any reported accidents or leaks of hazardous supplies.

Norfolk Southern isn’t a stranger to trains leaving the tracks, with a mean of over 160 derailments per yr. It was an NS prepare that derailed final yr in East Palestine, Ohio and contaminated the realm with poisonous chemical compounds. The freight rail firm despatched a press release on this derailment close to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to KYW-TV:

“Norfolk Southern has responded to a derailment in Decrease Saucon Township, PA. There is no such thing as a risk to the general public, no hazardous materials issues from the railcars, and no experiences of accidents to our crew members. We recognize the fast, skilled response by native emergency companies. Our crews and contractors will stay on-scene over the approaching days to cleanup, and we recognize the general public’s endurance whereas they work as rapidly, completely, and as safely as potential. We’re at all times working to advance security. We’ll examine this incident to grasp the way it occurred and stop others prefer it.”

The derailment brought about a spill of diesel gasoline and polypropylene plastic pellets, in keeping with CNN. The fright rail firm claimed that it contained the gasoline spill with booms. It’s not but clear why the collision occurred, however there will probably be loads of questions centered round a prepare being despatched down a observe the place a prepare was already stopped.