As Hurricane Irene traveled up the East Coast in late August, dumping large quantities of rain and causing floods from North Carolina to Vermont, public transportation agencies found themselves and their fleets stranded along with other residents.

An aerial view of catastrophic destruction along MTA Metro-North Railroad’s Port Jervis Line, which remains out of service. While the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority shut down all public transit operations Aug. 27 as the storm approached, all routes except this one returned to normal by early the next week. Work crews observed significant washouts and fallen trees at numerous locations along the tracks west of Suffern, NY.

Photo courtesy of NJ Transit Irene’s rains left part of New Jersey Transit Corporation’s rail station at Princeton Junction underwater.

The onslaught of Irene brought down a tree and power lines, blocking the tracks along the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s Norristown High Speed Rail Line.

 

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