Derailment in Leeds 02-22-2013

Both Mpbn and the Sun Journal are reporting a derailment near route 219 in Leeds. Two box cars off the tracks.

Both Mpbn and the Sun Journal are reporting a derailment near route 219 in Leeds. Two box cars off the tracks.

Don't get excited and drive miles out of the way, folks. This is no Readfield. P-Oops-RU picked a switch, or something shoving COVERED HOPPERS (press has no clue sometimes...) into DeCosters. They had one almost back on the rails over an hour ago. The other could prove a little more tricky as it looked like both ends of the car were off. I passed a PAR 2500hd on 106 heading back towards Portland. Small crew on site with more MDOT than PAR trucks, the situation was clearly under control. Maintainer and a boom truck. Would have gotten no press coverage if it had resulted in closing a road for several hours.


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News Stories.
BDN: http://bangordailynews.com/2013/02/22/n ... ref=latest
WCSH: http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article/23224 ... -Route-219

We used to derail practically weekly on the Adams branch when I worked there lol. But it was out of the way so no one cared.

Also covered by the following news outlets:

The Portland Press Herald: http://www.pressherald.com/news/Train-d ... sure-.html

WMTW-8: http://www.wmtw.com/news/maine/central/ ... index.html

WGME-13: http://www.wgme.com/template/inews_wire ... .com.shtml

What the hell is a Pan Am silo? lol

Sometimes the press just shouldn't try...

A couple cars hopped the rails......whoopie. Man they would have ruined their pants if they heard about the chemical train derailment in Nashua a year or so back.

It really wasnt anything that would have gotten any attention if it hadn't closed the road. Its a daily occurance on the Madison Branch...and many of their other branches and running tracks.