(The following appeared on the Hartford Courant website on March 17.)
WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. — Amtrak planned to resume its normal train schedule between Hartford and Springfield Tuesday morning after a derailment forced service to be suspended Monday.
The train was headed to Springfield when a mudslide knocked it off the tracks at about 10 a.m. Monday, Amtrak spokesman Cliff Cole said. The company was forced to suspend service in the area for the rest of the day.
None of the six passengers on the derailed train was injured, Cole said. A van dropped them off in Springfield. The company also arranged for buses today that transported commuters from Springfield to Hartford, where they could then take a train to New Haven.
Cole said crews are still investigating how much damage the rails and the train, consisting of an engine and two coach cars, sustained during the incident.
Windsor Locks First Selectman Steve Wawruck said police responded to the Amtrak incident Monday morning but little help was required.
“There were no injuries,” Wawruck said. “It seemed under control from the get-go.”
Wawruck said the derailment did not affect traffic across the Route 140 bridge and along Route 159.
“There was no disruption whatsoever,” he said.