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PAS Train 206 vs truck in Schaghticoke, NY 01-03-2014

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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PAS Train 206 vs truck in Schaghticoke, NY 01-03-2014

  by MEC407
 
Pan Am Southern train #206 had a grade crossing incident Schaghticoke, NY today. Thanks to Dick H for sending me the link to the WNYT video:

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Re: PAS Train 206 vs truck in Schaghticoke, NY 01-03-2014

  by MEC407
 
From the Times Union:
Times Union wrote:The accident happened at about 2 p.m. when the truck, hauling 24 tons of corn to be used by local farmers for feed, couldn't stop as it headed downhill on a slippery Fisherman's Lane — straight for the oncoming train, family members and officials at the scene said.

The first Norfolk Southern locomotive pulling the train, operated by Pan Am Railways, struck the truck, shearing off the cab from the trailer. The crash forced the truck's cab and the driver into the Hoosic River and left the trailer, smashed, on the northern end of the bridge, officials said.

The driver, a local farmer, was able to get out of the water, officials said, and he was taken to St. Mary's Hospital in Troy.
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Re: PAS Train 206 vs truck in Schaghticoke, NY 01-03-2014

  by MEC407
 
Anyone know if the unit will go to East Deerfield or Waterville for repairs, or if NS will take it back and repair it on their own?
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