(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 21.)
JAMES CITY, N.C. — The collapse of a 100-foot railroad bridge has disrupted train service between New Bern and the port at Morehead City, a route that includes Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point Marine bases.
The Daily News of Jacksonville reports that Susan Clizbe, communications manager for the State Ports Authority, said that while trains are neither leaving nor entering the port, there is nothing that urgently needs to get out. She says repairs to the trestle are supposed to be completed by the end of the week.
Susan Terpay of Norfolk Southern says the bridge fell Sunday morning shortly after a Norfolk-Southern locomotive pulling 13 freight cars passed over it. No one was hurt.
Kat Christian, N.C. Railroad public affairs director, said repairs should be complete by Friday.