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Posted 08 December 2017 - 05:06 PM

WABC-TV, ABC-7 in 12/8/17:

 

 

Freight train derails in Union Township

 

 

 

A freight train derailed in Union, New Jersey, forcing NJ Transit to suspend Raritan Valley Line service between Newark Penn Station and Cranford ahead of the evening rush hour.

Officials say the CSX train was heading eastbound when it derailed just before the Union Train Station at 2:25 pm.

 

 

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Related item:  Raritan Valley Line service suspended due to freight derailment



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Posted 09 December 2017 - 02:41 AM

While it's early to speculate, this area is known to use gauntlet track, which allows for passenger trains to use high level platforms while freight trains can use the outer set to bypass the platforms.   This is in place at the Roselle Park and Union stations. Picture at the  link below is the Union station, where the derailment took place.

 

https://en.wikipedia..._NJ_Station.jpg



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Posted 09 December 2017 - 02:36 PM

Tap Into Union, 12/9/17:

 


 

 

ConRail Working on Track Clean Up Following Friday's Derailment in Union; Train Service Still Suspended

 

 

 

No hazardous material was involved in the freight train derailment Friday afternoon in Union.

 

“There’s severe damage to the tracks,” said Union Fire Chief Mike Scanio at a press conference Friday evening.  “There’s multiple piles of cars at different locations up and down the span of the tracks from the Roselle Park line all the way through to the Union Train Station.”  The CSX Transportation train was on its way to Selkirk, New York.

 

 

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As a reminder, in New Jersey a result of the 1999 breakup of Conrail into CSX and Norfolk Southern was CSA, or Conrail Shared Assets.



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