ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Railroad officials are looking into why a tank car began rolling and kept going for 11 miles Sunday before Norfolk Southern railroaders could climb onto the car and apply handbrakes to stop it.
The Morning Call of Allentown reports that a paraffin wax-filled tank car went rolling from Emmaus, Pa. The car rolled from Emmaus through Bethlehem, Pa., where a videographer caught it on video. According to the video, the car managed to shunt track circuits activating crossing gates as it rolled.
