The Bulletin SUBWAY TRAIN DERAILS— Published by the Electric Railroaders’ VANDALISM the APPARENT CAUSE Association, Inc
ERA BULLETIN — OCTOBER, 2020 The Bulletin Electric Railroaders’ Association, Incorporated Vol. 63, No. 10 October, 2020 The Bulletin SUBWAY TRAIN DERAILS— Published by the Electric Railroaders’ VANDALISM THE APPARENT CAUSE Association, Inc. P. O. Box 3323 A northbound A train derailed on Sunday train in the tunnel just south of the 14th Grand Central Station morning, September 20, after a maniacal, Street station, according to an internal inci- New York, NY 10163 dent report obtained by the Daily News. laughing vandal tossed metal clamps onto For general inquiries, the tracks, police sources said. The uptown The brazen act caused one of New York or Bulletin submissions, train was about 50 feet into the 14th Street City’s most catastrophic train derailments in contact us at years. The train’s first two wheel sets were https://erausa. org/ station in the West Village when it ran into contact the metal tie plates, also known as D plates, thrown from the tracks and the front car at 8:14 AM. Three passengers suffered minor slammed into four structural pillars, causing Editorial Staff: its metal siding to peel back like a can of an- injuries. One refused medical attention, an- Jeff Erlitz other was treated at the scene, and the third chovies and its front three door panels to be Editor-in-Chief was taken to Bellevue Hospital for further damaged. Ron Yee treatment, officials said. “Hundreds of feet” of electrified third rail Tri-State News and The incident train, the 7:35½ A from was damaged or destroyed, said Frank Jez- Commuter Rail Editor Lefferts Boulevard to 207th Street, was com- ycki, Acting Senior Vice president of Sub- Alexander Ivanoff posed of R-46s (N) 6062-6063-6065- ways at NYC Transit.
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