 photo by Mike Cameron Middlebury Firefighters respond to an 18 car train derailment off So. Pleasant
Street on Wednesday afternoon, October 22, 2007. Some of the rail cars contained
gasoline and fuel. Middlebury's downtown area was closed overnight and
businesses near the accident site reopened the next day after police and fire officials
declared the area secure once again. A week long recovery operation using heavy
equipment repaired the tracks and restored the train's cars to their original places
on the rails. Local police and firefighters are being applauded for their swift and
efficient management of the mishap. The transportation corridor was expected to
be open for rail traffic by weeks-end.
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