{"id":313012,"date":"2026-10-23T23:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T23:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/313012\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T23:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T23:18:07","slug":"officials-at-least-11-train-cars-derail-in-altoona-pennsylvania-amtrak-services-impacted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/313012\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials: At least 11 train cars derail in Altoona; Pennsylvania Amtrak services impacted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BLAIR COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) \u2014 Emergency officials in Blair County have confirmed that crews responded to a reported train derailment in Altoona on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities with Norfolk Southern say the derailment was reported near 31st Street, around 1:20 p.m., and that the train was traveling at a &#8216;low-speed.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Company officials say an initial investigation on-scene has determined that at least 11 train cars derailed, with no injuries, leaks or spills reported.<\/p>\n<p>Norfolk Southern says it is working with city and county officials on cleanup efforts, and the public is advised to avoid the area until the derailment is cleared.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Amtrak has also confirmed that the derailment is impacting its services.<\/p>\n<p>According to an Amtrak spokesperson, service between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg has been greatly impacted, as Train 43 will now end in Harrisburg for the day.<\/p>\n<p>Amtrak says Train 42 will then depart from Harrisburg on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson adds that Amtrak is working to coordinate alternate transportation for affected customers.<\/p>\n<p>Stay with 6 News online and on-air while we work to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BLAIR COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) \u2014 Emergency officials in Blair County have confirmed that crews responded to a reported&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-313012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}