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Susan Busher remembers hearing the noise from the railroad switch on Cross Street, located just a few hundred feet from her home, during the 1980s. The loud noises persisted during the night as the ...

BUFFALO — A Niagara Falls man has been arrested and charged with damaging a railyard switch that could have led to a train derailment. Prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Niagara Falls man was arrested and charged by criminal complaint after he allegedly tampered with a CSX railroad switch, which could have caused a derailment or damaged ...

Samuel Redsecker Slaymaker stood tall among the prominent citizens of Lancaster around the turn of the 20th century. He held administrative and directorial posts for businesses from the Lancaster ...

A misaligned switch at the Long Island Rail Road’s second-busiest junction was to blame for last week’s derailment that injured 13 passengers aboard a Hempstead-bound train, MTA officials said Friday.

Bethlehem fire officials blamed a part failure for spilling hot oil and igniting a fire yesterday that destroyed an $850,000 compressor that operated railroad switches. Fueled by compressor oil, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This large, kerosene-fueled switch ...

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