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Again, that appears to be two cars that have pushed up against each other and people here who have been rescued from this train derailment in philadelphia. the frankfort section of philadelphia which has the northeast section of the city. just outside of philadelphia. wow. mary how often do they have drills for this type of thing, happening in you know, on a commuter rail line that is used by so many people? >> well this kind of a drill, it depends upon the city or the community and the county. ...

But, again, mayor michael nutter news conference happening in a short while here and well carry it live for you on cnn. but if youre just tuning in its getting close to the top of the hour 11:00 p.m. eastern. we have been following for the bulk all of this hour almost an hour, the train derailment accident that has happened in philadelphia. it is in the frankfort section of philadelphia which is the northeast section of the city on northeast of center city. we have cnn transportation analyst, pe...

Pictures on your screen. this is a train accident in philadelphia. as you can see, its in the frankfort section of northeast philadelphia. which is not far from philadelphias 30th street station, which is the main and only stop for amtrak in philadelphia. this train arrived there, not exactly sure if it was, excuse me if it was going down to washington, d.c. or coming up to new york. this is according to reports, it was coming northbound up to new york city. again, we havent confirmed that, but ...

Breaking news on cnn. and just so you know im familiar with this area because i worked in philadelphia for quite some time and covered everything from train derailments there in philadelphia the new jersey transit, for amtrak as well. and i remember they were putting the -- there was quite an issue with these tracks when they were installing the aselatrain because the tracks didnt quite work for the asela. they werent quite updated enough and they were worried about derailments. but this is a pi...

You say. these tracks are often not the most modern tracks and they do have to slow down for turns, unlike the bullet train, which can go 200-plus miles an hour. perhaps that did save some lives if they were slowing for that turn. you know a higher-speed crash would be far more disastrous. and although this was really awful, that might have helped as well. >> almost the 10:00 p.m. eastern hour here in the northeast. and there you have it on your screen unfolding. theres a derailment in philadelp...

But there would still be a number of people commuting on amtrak. again, this is just coming in. were not exactly sure if this train is headed north to boston and new york and new york and parts beyond that or if it was heading south to washington, d.c. this is all just coming in and its quite disturbing when you consider the magnitude of this and what it can possibly entail when you think about how many people travel on amtrak. it is quite a sight to see, that youre witnessing live here on cnn, ...

A skewed train car from where im standing. >> this is in the northeast section of philadelphia in the frankfort section. explain to our viewers where that is and what that area is like. >> what the area is like? >> yeah. >> where the tracks are. if theres a graveyard for freight trains and that sort of thing. >> right. the area where this happened was called frankfort junction the rail yard for freight trains and im not really sure because they havent really told us what led to the crash, but a ...