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  • Derailment in Hermon 08-19-2013

  • Guilford Rail System changed its name to Pan Am Railways in 2006. Discussion relating to the current operations of the Boston & Maine, the Maine Central, and the Springfield Terminal railroads (as well as the Delaware & Hudson while it was under Guilford control until 1988). Official site can be found here: PANAMRAILWAYS.COM.
Guilford Rail System changed its name to Pan Am Railways in 2006. Discussion relating to the current operations of the Boston & Maine, the Maine Central, and the Springfield Terminal railroads (as well as the Delaware & Hudson while it was under Guilford control until 1988). Official site can be found here: PANAMRAILWAYS.COM.

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 #1207756  by MEC407
 
From the Bangor Daily News:
Bangor Daily News wrote:Deputies from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office are on the scene of a train derailment that has shut down traffic near the intersection of Coldbrook and Bog roads, emergency dispatchers have confirmed.

The Pan Am Railways derailment occurred shortly before 4:30 p.m., according to dispatchers from the Penobscot County Communications Center. No injuries have been reported.

The affected roads are expected to be closed for three to four hours.
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 #1208135  by 690
 
I doubt that rerouted traffic had anything significant to contribute to the derailment. The tracks were just in terrible shape as it was, it's something that was bound to happen, rerouted traffic or not.