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Mid Hudson Times , Wednesday , March 8 , 2017

PUBLIC AGENDA

THURSDAY , MARCH 9

Newburgh City Council Work Session , 6 p . m . City of Newburgh Activity Center , 401 Washngton St .

MONDAY , MARCH 13

Newburgh City Council meeting . 7 p . m . City of Newburgh Activity Center , 401 Washngton St . Newburgh Town Board , 7 p . m . Town Hall , 1496 Route 300 , Town of Newburgh .

CORRECTION

The article “ Cameron to retire in March ” published in the Mid Hudson Times on Feb . 22 included crime rates for the City of Newburgh . There was a 13-percent reduction in gun violence in the city in 2016 . That information was not clear in the article .

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Three cars of a 17-car CS-X freight train derailed around 3:30 p . m . Tuesday on the Newburgh city line adjacent to the Town of New Windsor .

Reports from the scene say electrical wires came down across the railroad tracks . There was one injury reported .

The West Shore rail line along the Hudson River has been a concern to authorities in recent years because of the number of tanker cars carrying Bakken crude oil .

“ I am getting sick and tired of issuing statements about dangerous train derailments – this time only blocks from my office in Newburgh ,” said Representative Sean Patrick Maloney ( NY-18 ) I ’ m glad to hear reports that no one was killed but even one injury is too many . It ’ s got to stop .”

“ While we don ’ t yet know why the train derailed we do know that outdated train cars barreling down the Hudson River carrying hazardous materials are literally a train wreck waiting to happen . We have to get smarter about how we transport crude oil , and invest in installing positive train control ( PTC ) on all our trains – the longer we fail to prioritize investing in rail safety infrastructure and technology , the more innocent lives we put in jeopardy .”

In December 2015 , Maloney ’ s Passenger Train Derailment Prevention Act of 2015 was signed into law , which requires passenger railroads and freight lines on which passenger rail travels to identify high-hazard curves , like those involved in the Spuyten Duyvil and Philadelphia train derailments , and take actions to enhance safety through modification of existing ATC or other signal systems , increasing

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The Newburgh Fire Department was dispatched to a train derailment , Tuesday , on River Road in the area of Walsh Ave . Additional Fire Departments responded along with area EMS Ambulances . Haz Mat , United States Coast Guard was notified . City of Newburgh Police secured the surrounding scene with help form New Windsor Police and New York State Police . At least five or six cars were derailed off the track .

crew size , installing signage at those locations , installing of alerters in cabs , and increasing crew communication .

In March 2015 , the House also passed Rep . Maloney ’ s Commuter Rail Passenger Safety Act , which would make all positive train control installations “ priority projects ” as part of the $ 35 billion Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing ( RRIF ) Program that currently provides loans and loan guarantees to railroads .