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The accident involved Train 1627 (Outbound) and at least 1 car in Hasbrouck Heights near Route 17 on the Pascack Valley Line. NBC 4 says service is suspended on the Pascack Valley line.
Wow sounds like one of the grade crossings here in Lafayette La :angry:AlanB said:I'm not completely sure about all of the details yet, but at least two cars were involved in this accident. I don't know if the train struck both, or if the first car hit the second car after being struck by the train.
This intersection is prone to this type of accident, since the local street that the tracks cross intersects with Route 17 a major highway. There is only room for about 12 - 14 cars in two lanes between the traffic light at 17 and the tracks.
On many occasions I've seen cars stopped on the tracks, that couldn't make it all the way over thanks to a red light and stopped cars ahead of them. People just don't seem to learn that stopping on the tracks is not a good thing.
I fully expect to see even more of these types of accidents, as service is expected to increase on this line thanks to a project to create some new sidings along with a few double track areas. Currently this line is mainly single track.
By 7:30 PM service was restored on this line, but delays were still in excess of 45 minutes. That's saying a lot, since this line only sees 7 rush hour trains all running north.
Actually this line parallels route 17 for a while, so there are about three crossings like I described.BNSF_1088 said:Wow sounds like one of the grade crossings here in Lafayette La :angry:
TP,tp49 said:Ok, for the Northern NJ geographicaly illiterate how far away from Paramus (the only place I"ve driven on 17) is the site of this wreck.
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