(The following article by Steve Orr was posted on the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle website on April 5.)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Investigators were still working Monday afternoon to determine why a passenger train derailed Sunday evening in Lyons, Wayne County.
No one was reported hurt when three of six cars in the Amtrak train slipped from the track about 6:20 p.m. Sunday. The three cars remained upright.
Federal investigators were focusing on the possibility of a track problem, but they had no hard evidence of one Monday afternoon, said Warren Flatau, a spokesman for the Federal Railroad Administration.
CSX, which owns the track, has not yet drawn any conclusions about the cause, spokeswoman Jane Covington said.
The Amtrak train, headed from New York City to Niagara Falls, was carrying 104 passengers, Amtrak spokeswoman Marcie Golgoski said.
Passengers were delayed about 11/2 hours until another westbound Amtrak train took on the stranded passengers.
One of two CSX mainline tracks across upstate New York was closed throughout the day Monday as CSX worked to make repairs. Freight and passenger traffic was able to use the other CSX track and a siding in the Lyons area, Covington said.
The track was expected to reopen last night, she said.