Watch Now: 9 Norfolk Southern train cars derail in downtown Roanoke

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Well, no, you don't get to watch them derail. You get to see workers cleaning up the derailment site. The derailment occurred right in front of the passenger station.

There's a video in the article. I can't link to it.

Someone is not getting a Lexus with a big red bow on top for Christmas.

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Watch Now: 9 Norfolk Southern train cars derail in downtown Roanoke

BY HENRI GENDREAU The Roanoke Times Dec 16, 2020



Nine Norfolk Southern train cars came off the tracks early Wednesday morning in downtown Roanoke.

Heather Rousseau, The Roanoke Times

Nine Norfolk Southern train cars came off the tracks early Wednesday morning in downtown Roanoke.

The derailment happened about 2:15 a.m. as the cars were leaving the company's rail yard downtown, according to Norfolk Southern spokesman Jeff DeGraff.

The cars were carrying "a mix of automobiles and asphalt material in tank cars," he said in an email.

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Claytor Henderson, 11, and his mother, Summer, came to downtown Roanoke on Wednesday morning to check out the wreck. Norfolk Southern said nine of its train cars derailed early Wednesday.

Heather Rousseau, The Roanoke Times

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