Derailment near Glenvar, VA 10-30-2020

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My understanding is it did not collapse but was take out by the derailment. A broken rail I believe .

Larry Evans


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> On Oct 31, 2020, at 10:53 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Glad the locomotives and crew made it across before it collapsed.
> 
> Roger Huber
> Deer Creek Locomotive Works
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> On Saturday, October 31, 2020, 09:37:24 PM CDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> All
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> There was a serious derailment on the former Virginian near Glenvar, VA on Friday night. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
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> WSLS TV reported earlier:
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> Roanoke County officials responded to the train derailment incident in a press release Saturday night.
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> Officials said that a Norfolk Southern Corp. bridge collapsed in Roanoke County near Barley Drive Friday night around 11:15 p.m. The bridge collapsed while a train carrying coal was crossing the Roanoke River, and a dozen of 22 rail cars that derailed fell into the river, causing about 2000 tons of coal to fall out.
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> The Virginia Department of Emergency and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality responded to the incident and have been coordinating on removing the rail cars and coal from the river, according to the press release.
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> Officials said that DEQ is working with local, state and federal agencies as well as Norfolk Southern to collect samples to determine if there have been any impacts to water quality.
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> Out of an abundance of caution, Salem is currently withdrawing water from groundwater wells and not the Roanoke River until water samples of the river can be analyzed, according to officials.
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> WDBJ TV offered this view from a drone.
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> Best
> Ken Miller
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> This view looks east, the train was traveling east.
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