Derailed Train Blocks Access to MCCC in Pottstown

Around rush hour in Pottstown, traffic was even further disrupted by a train that had derailed along Keystone Boulevard near the Montgomery County Community College (MCCC).

According to reports in the Pottstown Mercury, the train derailed around 5 p.m. Thursday evening. It was a Norfolk Southern freight train.

The train was in the way of MCCC students trying to get to class, just as they resumed to full schedule today after Hurricane Sandy delays and cancellations.

It was still unclear what damage was caused or why the train may have ran off of its tracks. No damages or derailed, turned cars were observed at the scene.

Chip Smale, Pottstown's fire marshall, was called to the scene to formulate a full report.

Pottstown Patch will continue to update the site with more information as it is made available.