Bridge Fire Strands New Jersey Train Riders

May 13, 2005
Hundreds of New Jersey-bound commuters were delayed at Penn Station last night after an Amtrak drawbridge caught fire and burned for more than three hours.

May 13, 2005 -- Hundreds of New Jersey-bound commuters were delayed at Penn Station last night after an Amtrak drawbridge caught fire and burned for more than three hours, authorities said.

In the latest black eye for the beleaguered rail system, Amtrak's Portal bridge across the Hackensack River

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