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CSX train derailed Saturday in Beacon

Mar 18, 2015 12:02 am
John W. Barry in the Poughkeepsie Journal reports that an 86-car CSX freight train derailed south of Beacon March 14. There were no injuries, and no fuel spills, but there were delays with passenger service on Metro-North March 15. The Federal Railroad Administration, Metro-North Railroad and CSX are investigating the accident. CSX freight trains and Metro-North passenger trains use the same Hudson Line tracks, on the east side of the Hudson River. This train was carrying construction debris. Read the full story in the Poughkeepsie Journal.