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I WAS ON IT!!! Re: derailed F train this morning |
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Posted by R46 5636 on Fri May 2 15:06:40 2014, in response to derailed F train this morning, posted by JFK Depot on Fri May 2 11:25:11 2014. You read that correctly. I was on the train that derailed. Here's what happened:10:19 AM SB (F) train leaves Roosevelt Avenue 10:20 AM Right after 65 Street on the fastest part, train goes BIE. Lights flicker and track keeps making banging noises (stop arm keeps reacting). 10:21 AM Smoke in tunnel 10:24 AM T/O and C/R are on Intercom, call for Handbrake. While I was overhearing the conversation, they were saying how the train may be pulled apart (it wasn't). C/R goes on intercom and tells passengers to remain calm (Yeah right!) 10:32 AM C/R announces that there will be a rescue train coming 10:36 AM T/O comes into car and announces that the train has derailed and we'll be stuck here for a while. 10:39 AM Fire Department arrives. I stopped taking notes after that, but here's what I remember: > Two passengers complained of trouble breathing and were sat down and given oxygen > They were first going to send the rescue train behind my train. Then they decided they were going to send it on the NB Express track... Except there was a wall blocking it. > Eventually they decided to use the emergency exit, of which they did. > I was one of the first ones to climb down onto the roadbed and use the emergency exit. Lots of Emergency Services and News media were there. This was the set involved: N 5742-5743-5745-5744=5634-5635-5637-5636 S (Of course 5636 was involved) I overheard that the first two cars may have damage, which were 5743 and 5745. It took an hour to get out of the train. When the train went BIE, it was something like out of a horror movie: The train stops dead silent and the lights keep flickering / tracks making noises. Then the smoke appears. Of course, I didn't have my camera on me (that's my luck). I did take one picture from inside the train. Almost everyone was taking video with their smartphones, but they were told to put them away when evacuating. If anyone says something different happened, tell them to come to me since I was there firsthand! It really was an interesting experience. |
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