NJ Transit Line Re-Opens Day After Wednesday Morning Train Crash
In change of plans, North End section of Cedar Grove keeps power throughout repairs.
The Montclair-Boonton NJ Transit line is up and running after crews worked through Wednesday night's storms to clean up a truck that was hit by a train early Wednesday morning. Service was restored to the branch at 5 a.m. Thursday morning when the contractor completed the cleanup of the Main Street crossing, said Chief NJ Transit spokesman John Durso Jr. The first NJ Transit train to travel through Little Falls was expected to be the 6 a.m. train today, according to a report on 7online.com. PSE&G originally estimated 1,300 customers would be without power as crews repaired the damage to a utility pole. However, since the cleanup took a long time, crews were able to complete the repairs without disrupting power, said PSE&G spokesperson …
Jon Weit
10:32 am on Sunday, February 24, 2013
What a terrible accident. I grew up in that area of little falls and in 1967 I remember a person jumped out in front of a train at the same crossing killing himself and the crossing guard tried to stop him but couldn't. John W from little falls more ›