NORFOLK, Va. — Amtrak service in and out of Norfolk remains suspended at least through today following the derailment of a Norfolk Southern coal train on Tuesday morning.
Four Amtrak Northeast Regional trains that normally serve Norfolk will operate on modified schedules. Train No. 94 will operate from Richmond, Va., to Boston and train No. 84 will operate from Washington, D.C., to Boston; Train 95 will operate from Boston to Washington, D.C., and train No. 93 will operate from Boston to Richmond.
The NS train derailed early Tuesday morning in Chesapeake, Va. The Virginian-Pilot reports there were no injuries and that the cause is under investigation but offered no other details.
Resumption of Amtrak service is dependent on clean-up of the derailment.
At least it was coal and not oil or chlorine or some such nasty chemical.
36 coal cars out of a 100 car loaded coal train derailed on the mainline that runs through the northern section of the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. The only roads through that roughly 20-mile stretch of tangent track are a few forestry service access roads, and the report is that the derailment happened near the middle of it.