Shocking moment a NJ train begins to wildly shake, leaving passengers terrified

Shocking moment a NJ train begins to wildly shake, leaving the terrified passengers fearing the cars would come off the tracks

  • The wild commotion was filmed by passengers on board the 5.37pm NJ Transit train that was speeding down the Pascaci Valley line 
  • Passengers were upset none of the conductors stopped the train or offered an explanation as to what was happening
  • Conductors apparently hadn’t alerted transit officials as NJ Transit tweeted out to passengers asking for more information about the train
  • They eventually tweeted that they found the car and removed it from the rail 
  • Transit rider Shawn McLoughlin – who filmed the video – was also on the train that crashed in Hoboken in 2016  

New Jersey Transit riders were taken on quite the bumpy ride on Tuesday night when their commuter train bounced all over the rails. 

The wild commotion was filmed by passengers on board the 5.37pm NJ Transit train that was speeding down the Pascaci Valley line. 

‘It felt like I was on a plane going through heavy turbulence,’ transit rider Shawn McLoughlin explained to CBS 2.

 

Footage shows the passengers bouncing up and down in their seats

The wild commotion was filmed by passengers on board the 5.37pm NJ Transit train that was speeding down the Pascaci Valley line

Passengers were upset none of the conductors stopped the train or offered an explanation as to what was happening

Passengers were upset none of the conductors stopped the train or offered an explanation as to what was happening

Transit rider Shawn McLoughlin - who filmed the video - was also on the train that crashed in Hoboken in 2016

Transit rider Shawn McLoughlin – who filmed the video – was also on the train that crashed in Hoboken in 2016

He added: ‘For the first two minutes, I literally held on as the train shifted to the right and we were bouncing excessively.’ 

McLoughlin was dismayed that none of the conductors stopped the train or offered an explanation as to what was happening. 

And according to Twitter, NJ Transit did not appear to be even aware of the incident as they asked McLoughlin for additional information as to what happened. 

‘Hello, we apologize for the inconvenience and for the delay in responding,’ they said the day after he posted the video. ‘Do you happen to remember the train and car number? If not, can you provide your boarding time and origin location?’

They later added: ‘Just updating on this. Rail operations were able to locate the car and it has been taken out of service for maintenance. Thank you for bringing this to attention and we apologize again for the inconvenience.’

McLoughlin stated that he’s experienced problems with NJ Transit in the past.  

Conductors apparently hadn't alerted transit officials as NJ Transit tweeted out to passengers asking for more information about the train

Conductors apparently hadn’t alerted transit officials as NJ Transit tweeted out to passengers asking for more information about the train

He said: ‘Delays, cancelled trains, overcrowding, standing room only and it’s been “a very, very difficult commute.”‘

Tuesday’s rocky trip brought back traumatic memories for McLoughlin, who was in the first car of the train that crashed in Hoboken in 2016. 

‘I personally thought to myself, “Oh my God, I’m going to be in another New Jersey train crash,”‘ he said.

They eventually tweeted that they found the car and removed it from the rail

They eventually tweeted that they found the car and removed it from the rail

McLoughlin says he was in the front car of the train that crashed in Hoboken in 2016, killing one and injuring more than 100 people. 

The traumatic experience convinced him to stop taking the train for a year.  

‘I took the bus, I drove, I carpooled, and it was an inconvenience,’ he added. 

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