Freight Train Derailment Affects LIRR, Service Restored
NEW YORK (AP) -- Long Island Rail Road service between Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma has been restored following the derailment of a freight train.
The railroad says the derailment occurred at 9:10 a.m. Thursday east of Deer Park when a New York & Atlantic Railway train went off the tracks.
LIRR says service was out for about one hour. There could still be some westbound delays.
Paul Victor, a spokesman for New York & Atlantic, says no one was injured.
New York & Atlantic Railway leases the use of the tracks from the LIRR. It is a subsidiary of Anacostia & Pacific Company.
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