Amtrak train derails in Northfield, no injuries reported
NORTHFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) – Emergency crews are on the scene of a train derailment in Franklin County.
Northfield Fire Chief Floyd Dunnell said that an Amtrak passenger train, with 113 passengers on-board, derailed near West Northfield Road while going at a slow speed southbound from Vermont. He added that there is a switch that connects the Central Vermont Railway to the New England Railway and it’s believed that, as the train went over the icy switch, the engine car slipped off the track.
No injuries have been reported and the passengers remain on the train, with the engine car still running to provide heat. In addition, there are no fuel leaks or hazardous material situations.
Dunnell noted that the town’s highway department needed to come to the scene as well to remove a large snowbank so the passengers can be transferred to buses.
Western Mass News will continue to follow this story and will have more information as it becomes available.
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