(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 8.)
EDGEWOOD, Md. — Two freight train cars carrying scrap iron derailed Thursday morning, delaying rail traffic along the busy Northeast Corridor for two hours during the morning rush hour.
The Norfolk Southern train was heading toward Baltimore from Enola, Pa., when the cars derailed at about 6:40 a.m., company spokesman Rudy Husband said. There were no injuries.
The accident caused all rail traffic between Washington and Philadelphia to be halted for about two hours, Amtrak said Thursday. The Northeast Corridor is Amtrak’s most heavily traveled stretch of track and is used by thousands of riders daily. Service resumed at 8:20 a.m., Amtrak said.
Husband said the train consisted of two engines, 43 loaded cars and 67 empty cars. The cars that derailed were near the front of that train, he said.
A contractor from Gettysburg, Pa., has been dispatched to the scene to help clear the accident, Husband said.