MEYERSDALE — Crews from CSX worked this weekend to upright rail cars and clean up coal after a train derailed in Meyersdale.
No one was injured when 113 of the 130-car train derailed about 2:45 a.m. Saturday, spokesman Bob Sullivan said Sunday. A conductor and locomotive engineer were the only people aboard.
Sullivan said the cause was under investigation and that he couldn’t speculate if the snowstorm played a role.
Cleanup would probably take at least a couple days to clean up the derailment, with work being hampered by the deep snow, he said. About four cars fell into a creek, but the rest were on the ground.
The train was carrying coal from Newell to Baltimore. The derailment was affecting a stretch of train track from Cumberland to Pittsburgh.
