Two days after a freight train derailed in Montgomery County -- sending more than one dozen cars off the tracks, causing road closures in the area and evacuations -- the railway reopened following repairs, officials said.
Representatives from the NTSB, EPA, the Pennsylvania departments of environmental protection and transportation and other agencies were on the scene as well for"oversight."
The speed at which crews from Norfolk Southern, which operates the tracks, worked was all about getting the vital freight line going again. Finally, after the repairs and extensions, the railway reopened to train traffic Wednesday, according to a spokesperson for Norfolk Southern, which owns and operates the tracks.Train operator CSX said that 16 train cars went off the tracks on Monday, which appeared to be bent. Firefighters later said it was actually 15 train cars that derailed.
Early Monday morning, more than a dozen freight train cars ran off track in Whitemarsh Township. According to officials, the derailment was weather related and no hazardous substances were exposed. Now, experts are looking at ways to prevent and protect communities in the future. NBC10's Lauren Mayk has an update from the site.
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