It took roughly three hours Thursday afternoon to re-rail a New Canaan branch train that slid into and over a bumper stop in New Canaan Station Wednesday night.
The train was scheduled to arrive at the station at 12:27 a.m. According to Metro-North Railroad spokeswoman Marjorie Anders, the engineer was facing white-out conditions entering the station, and when he attempted to bring the five-car train to a stop it slid on icy rails. The two leading wheels continued past the end of the track and onto the ground.
The train tore away the bumper stop, but did not reach Park Street.
A Metro-North wreck crew from North White Plains, N.Y., began the task of re-railing the two wheels at around 12:30 p.m.
Using a crane to lift the affected car, they aligned the derailed wheels with the track. A diesel-electric locomotive coupled to the other end of the train then gradually pulled it forward until the wheels were over the rails and the crane could lower them back onto the track.
Metro-North officials at the scene reported the wheels were re-railed at 2:10 p.m.
Anders said two passengers were on the train at the time of the accident and there were no injuries to them or the train crew.
The derailed car sustained major damage. A Metro-North employee at the scene said that after the lead car slid into and over the bumper stop, the jagged ends of the stop pierced the floor of the car. As a result, a railroad employee had to climb under the train and use a cutting torch to remove portions of the stop dug into the car's undercarriage.
At about 3:30 p.m., two diesel-locomotives pulled the train out of the station and towed it the railroad’s heavy repairs shop in Stamford.
Anders noted that, unfortunately, the damaged car is part of an M-6 triplet, meaning the accident caused the loss of three cars when the railroad is having difficulty finding enough cars to meet its schedules.
Anders said the train’s data recorder will be read, and its contents will be examined as part of Metro-North’s investigation of the accident.
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The train was scheduled to arrive at the station at 12:27 a.m. According to Metro-North Railroad spokeswoman Marjorie Anders, the engineer was facing white-out conditions entering the station, and when he attempted to bring the five-car train to a stop it slid on icy rails. The two leading wheels continued past the end of the track and onto the ground.
The train tore away the bumper stop, but did not reach Park Street.
A Metro-North wreck crew from North White Plains, N.Y., began the task of re-railing the two wheels at around 12:30 p.m.
Using a crane to lift the affected car, they aligned the derailed wheels with the track. A diesel-electric locomotive coupled to the other end of the train then gradually pulled it forward until the wheels were over the rails and the crane could lower them back onto the track.
Metro-North officials at the scene reported the wheels were re-railed at 2:10 p.m.
Anders said two passengers were on the train at the time of the accident and there were no injuries to them or the train crew.
The derailed car sustained major damage. A Metro-North employee at the scene said that after the lead car slid into and over the bumper stop, the jagged ends of the stop pierced the floor of the car. As a result, a railroad employee had to climb under the train and use a cutting torch to remove portions of the stop dug into the car's undercarriage.
At about 3:30 p.m., two diesel-locomotives pulled the train out of the station and towed it the railroad’s heavy repairs shop in Stamford.
Anders noted that, unfortunately, the damaged car is part of an M-6 triplet, meaning the accident caused the loss of three cars when the railroad is having difficulty finding enough cars to meet its schedules.
Anders said the train’s data recorder will be read, and its contents will be examined as part of Metro-North’s investigation of the accident.
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