(Newsday posted the following article on its website on September 13.)
NEW YORK — An empty Long Island Rail Road train heading into a storage yard derailed Tuesday morning when one set of wheels on the lead car came off the track, a LIRR spokesman said. There were no injuries.
The rear wheels on the head car of the eight-car train came off the tracks shortly before 9 a.m., as the train was heading into the West Side storage yards on West 33rd Street, said LIRR spokesman Sam Zambuto.
The seven cars that remained on the track were detached from the head car and removed, and by early afternoon workers were trying to get the derailed car back on the line.
The derailment had no affect on service, Zambuto said.