derailed engine
– Photo: Amar Ujala
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He narrowly escaped a train accident in Jamalpur on Friday. Three wheels of the engine going for shunting came off the railway line. However, the fortunate thing was that the derailed train had only an engine, if there were coaches and passengers in the engine then the possibility of a major accident here in the midst of the festival could not be ruled out.
According to the information received from the Railways, late on Friday evening, along with loco number 28676, a dead loco whose number was 30029 was going in shunting. Then three wheels of dead loco 30029 L-3 AT derailed at point number 344 in Jamalpur. Here, after the engine derailment incident, it seemed as if the officers posted in Jamalpur lost their senses.
On the spot, the senior DNE of the Construction Department was busy preparing to bring the derailed engine back on track with the help of his subordinates and ART van. However, even after almost two hours of the incident, the situation had not returned to normal.
Railway officers and personnel were working whole-heartedly to ensure that the system was normal and that information about the matter reached the headquarters. On condition of anonymity, a railway official said that the engine going for shunting had derailed. At present the situation is normal.
