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Vermont flooding leaves section of train tracks suspended in mid-air
Photos and video from Ludlow, Vermont, show a portion of railroad suspended in the air after several days of flooding.
Powerful flooding in Ludlow, Vermont, has washed away the land underneath a portion of railroad and left the train tracks suspended in mid-air, photos and video from the scene show.
“We cover a lot of disaster on @weatherchannel, but we’ve never seen this — railroad tracks suspended 100+ feet in the air after the earth beneath them washed away in Ludlow, VT,” tweeted Justin Michaels, a national correspondent with The Weather Channel.
Vermont has been wracked by heavy rain and catastrophic flooding over the past several days, rendering some roads unusable, pushing a Montpelier dam to the brink of overflow, and leaving parts of the state underwater.
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Ludlow is home to Okemo Mountain, a popular ski resort. WCVB reported that a large gorge formed underneath the train tracks that pass through Okemo, part of an active rail line that hosts a fall foliage train each year.
Vermont Rail System confirmed that video from the scene shows a washout on the Green Mountain Railroad, a freight line connecting Rutland and Bellows Falls in Vermont.
“Service on this line and much of VRS is temporarily suspended while we conduct track inspections and begin repairs,” a spokesperson told Boston.com in an email.
Aerial footage captured by meteorologist and former weatherman Pat Moore shows the extent of the damage to the tracks and surrounding area.
Kelly O’Brien, a reporter with New Hampshire-based local news station WMUR, shared a video from the scene on Twitter and reported that work crews said they hope to have the tracks back up and running in several weeks.
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