Franklin County Sheriff’s Department Helps Train in Cowan Tunnel

Not actual train.. File photo

Not actual train.. File photo

A rapid response this week by the Franklin County Sheriff’s department, Cowan firemen and CSX personnel to an incident in the Cowan tunnel may have averted a much worse-case scenario.Chuck Stines, with the Franklin County Sheriff’s department, said a train going through the tunnel “went into emergency mode and caused the train to come uncoupled and it lost communication with a helper engine located in the middle of the train.”