United States Senator Chuck Schumer brought his campaign for tougher rail shipping safety standards to Bergen in Genesee County this afternoon. Near the site of last month’s CSX freight train derailment, the Senate Democratic Leader said he wants the Departments of Transportation and Energy to come out with their safety review of crude oil shipment. […]
New York State has focused its railroad safety inspections on tracks east and west of Rochester in its latest round; finding numerous minor and two major problems that could have derailed a train if they hadn’t been caught. Governor Cuomo’s office says the critical problems were found with a pair of track switches on the […]
State Police say a Genesee County man was struck by a train and killed early Sunday morning in the Town of Byron. They say 60-year-old David Swinton of Byron had been hunting along the tracks near Route 237, but may have been photographing deer when he was struck. The CSX freight train stopped as quickly […]