On Monday, New York City entered what has been christened "the summer of hell," when, after derailments and delays, Amtrak began work on a months-long overhaul of tracks in Penn Station, causing widespread changes and less trains on the Long Island Rail Road and New Jersey Transit systems.
In May, two trains collided after a derailment near Fairfield, Conn., injuring scores of passengers and disrupting commuting for days.
Photos tweeted by DC Fire and Emergency after the derailment showed cars in a zigzag line across the tracks.
A video released by the authority, recorded shortly after the derailment, showed workers with flashlights surveying the tracks, where heaps of garbage had tumbled from the freight train.
Two Metro-North trains collided after a derailment near Bridgeport, Conn., on Friday, injuring at least 60 people, five of them critically, according to Governor Dannel P. Malloy.
The authority said that about 25,000 riders use the Hudson line on a typical Friday, but officials estimated that ridership was less than half that after the derailment.
The tankers were being examined for leaks after the derailment north of Salem, a town of about 6,000 residents 70 miles east of St . Louis
Mr. Corbett, left, first offered to leave after a derailment at Hatfield killed four people, the fourth fatal train wreck in three years.
Railtrack's chief executive resigned in November after a derailment led to the fourth fatal wreck on its tracks since 1997.
