RailPictures.Net Photo: AMTK 102 Amtrak GE P42DC at Northfield, Vermont by Kevin Burkholder

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» Amtrak (more..)
» GE P42DC (more..)

» NECR Roxbury Subdivision
» Northfield, Vermont, USA (more..)
» October 05, 2015

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» AMTK 102 (more..)
» AMTK 55-05 (more..)

» Kevin Burkholder (more..)
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Amtrak's southbound Vermonter train #55 struck a rock slide this morning shortly after 10 am south of Northfield, Vermont, and derailed. The locomotive and head car left the rails and traveled into a wooded area and down an embankment. All five cars of the train are derailed with only four non-life-threatening injuries reported. The train was southbound on the NECR Roxbury Subdivision at the time of the derailment. Track speed in the area is 59 mph.

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