MTA Orion Bus Posted February 4, 2015 Share #1 Posted February 4, 2015 A Metro-North train car was seen going up in flames Tuesday evening, after the train struck two cars during the evening rush in Valhalla. The cars were crossing at Commerce Street in Valhalla when they were struck by Harlem Line train No. 659, Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokeswoman Marjorie Anders told WCBS 880. The train had left Grand Central Station at 5:45 p.m. A total of 800 to 850 people were on the train at the time, Anders told CBS2. There were injuries, but it was not immediately learned how many or to what extent. Read more: Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pr1nyc1 Posted February 4, 2015 Share #2 Posted February 4, 2015 Just saw this braking news on ABC 7. Hope everyone is ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfs NJT459 Posted February 4, 2015 Share #3 Posted February 4, 2015 i just saw the story break on MSNBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q113 LTD Posted February 4, 2015 Share #4 Posted February 4, 2015 Just got a notification on my phone and tablet from NY post. According to NY Post, 4 dead. Source: http://nypost.com/2015/02/03/metro-north-train-collides-with-2-cars-causing-massive-explosion/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted February 4, 2015 Share #5 Posted February 4, 2015 Shocked to hear this was breaking news on the news channels, trains crash into road vehicles at RR crossings all the time, there's a bunch of videos on Youtube. With that being said, RIP to the 4 people that died. Kind of scary seeing that M7 up in flames like that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaTransitMan4608 Posted February 4, 2015 Share #6 Posted February 4, 2015 6 people dead now. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted February 4, 2015 Share #7 Posted February 4, 2015 Wow....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3 Via Av U Posted February 4, 2015 Share #8 Posted February 4, 2015 Wow. My condolences to the family of those killed. It's really scary seeing an M7 burned up like that with smoke pouring out of the windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted February 4, 2015 Share #9 Posted February 4, 2015 This accident and that image really breaks my heart... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted February 4, 2015 Share #10 Posted February 4, 2015 This was after sunset, given the time, and IIRC, track speed through there is 60 MPH; perhaps if there was still daylight, this wouldn't have been as bad as it is now. In the video is the crossing at Lakeview; Commerce is the next crossing after Lakeview, and you can hear the train blowing for the Commerce crossing Hope the engineer isn't on the casualties list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokkemon Posted February 4, 2015 Share #11 Posted February 4, 2015 Totally wild. This, ladies and gentlemen, is why we must advocate for Grade Separation on all commuter rail lines in this city. LIRR has done an admirable job at trying but they all need to do more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfs NJT459 Posted February 4, 2015 Share #12 Posted February 4, 2015 death toll now up to 7 and NTSB will investigate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azspeedbullet Posted February 4, 2015 Share #13 Posted February 4, 2015 i dont want to sound mean, but what kind of an idiot gets out of their car and then back in on an active train crossing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeesPwnMets Posted February 4, 2015 Share #14 Posted February 4, 2015 Why in the world did she stop on a RR crossing??? RIP to all those dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted February 4, 2015 Share #15 Posted February 4, 2015 i dont want to sound mean, but what kind of an idiot gets out of their car and then back in on an active train crossing? Her car could've stalled at the crossing? Who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted February 4, 2015 Share #16 Posted February 4, 2015 This is so awful. What caused such a big fire and so much death on the train? Usually these incidents don't end this badly. Was it an electrical fire? They are saying the third rail literally came into the first car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted February 4, 2015 Share #17 Posted February 4, 2015 The plan tomorrow involves sending people over to the Hudson Line, among other things. The news conference Cuomo and Prendergast called fell right at the end of the 11pm news window and it got cut off the local channels right at 11:35 so of course all the channels cut away from the MNRR news conference. And another thing: I keep hearing this was a 10-car train, I thought the MN M7A consists were supposed to be capped at 8 cars? When (if it did) was the change made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadcruiser1 Posted February 4, 2015 Share #18 Posted February 4, 2015 Current information says that this woman try to beat the closing gates. You can't wait two, or three minutes for a train to pass? She deserves the Darwin Award of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted February 4, 2015 Share #19 Posted February 4, 2015 i dont want to sound mean, but what kind of an idiot gets out of their car and then back in on an active train crossing? I think the answer's obvious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowblock Posted February 4, 2015 Share #20 Posted February 4, 2015 And another thing: I keep hearing this was a 10-car train, I thought the MN M7A consists were supposed to be capped at 8 cars? When (if it did) was the change made? It was 8 cars. 4333-4332-4197-4196-4175-4174-4309-4308 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thekilomoney11 Posted February 4, 2015 Share #21 Posted February 4, 2015 And 4333 is the charred one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biGC323232 Posted February 4, 2015 Share #22 Posted February 4, 2015 Current information says that this woman try to beat the closing gates. You can't wait two, or three minutes for a train to pass? She deserves the Darwin Award of the year. EXACTLY.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamousNYLover Posted February 4, 2015 Share #23 Posted February 4, 2015 It's awful and RIP to family on MNRR/Car. Maybe MTA should make another video working with Operation Lifesaver. Not only motorists, pedestrians even ignores railroad crossing us well, especially on Metro-North, Long Island Railroad, and NJT Lightrail tracks. If her car really broke down on train track, she was suppose to exit and run 100 ft away from train track. There's very bad drivers everywhere near train/lightrail track. This MNRR Danbury Branch of New Haven Line in front of Danbury Railroad Museum. These two drivers waiting for traffic light to change is on track and rear bumper is too close to train track. Don't this reminds me of car driver try to beat train in Brentwood which caused same situation to LIRR riders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTA1992 Posted February 4, 2015 Share #24 Posted February 4, 2015 Totally wild. This, ladies and gentlemen, is why we must advocate for Grade Separation on all commuter rail lines in this city. LIRR has done an admirable job at trying but they all need to do more. Valhalla is not within city limits of NYC. Also, why blame the existence of the crossing? The lights go on way before the gate goes down, so the idiot at the wheel must have tried to beat the train and paid the price. What SHOULD be done is a safety campaign regarding what to and not to do at RR crossings. LACMTA does it with the MetroRail and they are fine. Sure they get the occasional accident, but people don't try to beat the train all too often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46Dover Posted February 4, 2015 Share #25 Posted February 4, 2015 Valhalla is not within city limits of NYC. Also, why blame the existence of the crossing? The lights go on way before the gate goes down, so the idiot at the wheel must have tried to beat the train and paid the price. What SHOULD be done is a safety campaign regarding what to and not to do at RR crossings. LACMTA does it with the MetroRail and they are fine. Sure they get the occasional accident, but people don't try to beat the train all too often.Looks like Operation Lifesaver is going to be in full effect in New York. This is something you'd see down south, and out west (albeit against Amtrak and other freight trains). One thing that comes to mind about this was that it reminded me of that Metrolink train in Los Angeles that struck an abandoned SUV on the tracks (forgot how many were killed from it). Ironically the Metrolink accident inspired a Law & Order episode of the same nature, even more ironically enough was that it used Metro North as the railroad that struck the abandoned car, killing most everyone on the train. I'd be most interested to see what comes of this investigation. I'm leaning more towards this lady would likely face criminal prosecution had she lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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