Run Away Train Cars Upstate New York

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Train cars decouple in Stuyvesant: “We thought we were going to die.”


STUYVESANT — Amtrak and state police have launched investigations to find out why two cars separated from the rest of a train bound for New York City.

Passengers were grateful to be safe with their loved ones on Thanksgiving after an Amtrak passenger train carrying almost 300 holiday travelers separated Wednesday near Stuyvesant, sending two rogue cars rumbling down the tracks, one passenger said Thursday...

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“I heard a strange noise; it was like a grinding sound,” Crane said. “I looked up and there were sparks. There was a burning smell like something was on fire, and then I saw sheet metal flying.”

About 30 passengers were in the car at the time, she said. The two front cars, including the engine car, split apart from the rest of the train.

“We were rogue,” she said. “Our car started to pick up speed.”

The passengers, seeing what had happened, decided to band together to figure out how to stop the train. No Amtrak employees were with the passengers in the remaining cars....

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