From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
   "conklin"  wrote in message   
   news:hpadnaaINslibmDJnZ2dnUU7-bednZ2d@earthlink.com...   
   > Amtrak's Carolinian derailed today at 12:15 in Halifax, NC, due to the   
   > track being blocked by a oversized tractor trailer which had been trying   
   > to turn onto Route 301 for about 15 minutes.  No one notified the RR.   
   >   
   > http://abc11.com/news/amtrak-train-slams-into-truck-in-halifax/550657/   
   >   
   > No one seemed to be seriously hurt.  Later photos showed school buses, but   
   > if they were there to pick up passengers or just trying to get to a school   
   > was left unclear.  Passengers were taken to an "agricultural center,"   
   > whatever that is.   
   >   
      
   Evening news had about 10 minutes on this accident, which was filmed by a   
   cell camera.  They said passengers would be taken by bus to DC and then they   
   would continue on by bus or rail.  I wonder what Amtrak arranged.  Anything?   
   Does anyone know how these issues are settled?  What happens to passengers?   
      
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