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CSX train catches fire in Kingston

Dec 13, 2015 12:07 am
John Ferro in the Poughkeepsie Journal reports that a CSX locomotive with a fuel leak caught fire in Kingston Dec. 11, with local firefighters putting out the blaze in Port Ewen. "There are no hazardous materials on the train, and no damage to any of the freight," CSX spokesman Rob Doolittle said. A CSX environmental contractor cleaner the diesel fuel spilled from the train that was carrying three locomotives and 97 cars carrying automobiles. Read the full story in the Poughkeepsie Journal.