NORTHFIELD, Mass. — Injuries were avoided after an Amtrak train derailed in western Massachusetts on Tuesday.
113 people were on board the Vermonter line when it went off the rails in Northfield.
Service between Springfield and St. Albans, Vermont, is now canceled.
According to Northfield’s fire chief, the train crossed a frozen track switch, causing the engine and first car to jump the tracks.
An added challenge in this rescue was that crews had to dig through a 12-foot-high mound of snow to reach the train.
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