Police: Bomb found on Pa. train tracks

CHESTER, Pa., May 7 (UPI) -- Police in Chester, Pa., said they found an improvised explosive device Saturday near railroad tracks under the Commodore Barry Bridge. 



Police evacuated the area and the Delaware County bomb squad determined the device -- consisting of two bottles with a yellow liquid, a timer, wires and duct tape -- was explosive and disarmed it, CBS-TV, Philadelphia, reported.

The device was found at 2 p.m. near Third and Reaney streets under the Commodore Barry Bridge, a stone's throw from tracks used by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority's Wilmington-Newark line, the station said.

An investigation was under way.