The full story can found at 1010 WINS News.Service is delayed this morning on the Northeast Corridor line. A train hit overhead power lines last night, knocking out three of Amtrak's four lines and causing lengthy delays for thousands of commuters. New Jersey Transit also uses the tracks.
My observations: This occured last night July 29th during rush hour, when an Acela Express pulled down the wires on three of the four tracks approaching the Metro Park station. I know that it was an Acela only because I saw a video shot by a local news helicopter.
It basically destroyed NJT's rush hour service last night on the NEC and it even impacted NJT's North Jersey Coast line. Amtrak service was also brought to a standstill.
As of about 8:00 AM this morning local news in now reporting that three of the four tracks are back in service. However while most trains are now running, delays of 30 minutes are still possible.