Derailment near Glenvar, VA 10-30-2020

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What was the train number?

Ed Painter #70 -  from Narrows, VA living in Cohutta, GA

On Sun, Nov 1, 2020 at 3:02 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> All
>
> There was a serious derailment on the former Virginian near Glenvar, VA on
> Friday night. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
>
> WSLS TV reported earlier:
>
> Roanoke County officials responded to the train derailment incident in a
> press release Saturday night.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> WDBJ TV offered this view from a drone.
>
> Best
> Ken Miller
>
> This view looks east, the train was traveling east.
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