Amtrak Train Cars Come Apart Near Albany

A Penn Station-bound Amtrak train came apart Wednesday as it traveling near Albany. Two cars became separated about 7:30 p.m.

Almost 300 passengers and crew were on the train that was coming from Montreal, the New York Post said. No one was injured.

Twitter-user @manchuck tweeted that he was on the Amtrak train when it came apart.

He wrote that about 10 minutes after leaving Albany there was a pop and the smell of electrical burning.

Everyone was transferred to another train within a couple of hours, the New York Post said.

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