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Friday, January 13, 2012  A DeWitt train derailment last summer has prompted federal safety investigators to issue new safety recommendations.

Thursday, January 05, 2012  Authorities say no propane leaked when several train tank cars derailed at an industrial site in New York's Southern Tier.

Friday, December 09, 2011  Investigators were at the scene of a train derailment near Utica Friday.

Monday, November 14, 2011  Two investigators from the Federal Railroad Administration are in Syracuse looking into what caused Friday afternoon's derailment along East Colvin St. near the Syracuse University campus.

Friday, November 11, 2011  The City of Syracuse has opened the Wescott Community Center as a shelter for anyone eveacuated from their home.

Friday, November 11, 2011  The Syracuse Police Department has released information for drivers that need to travel to the Syracuse University hill area tonight

Thursday, July 07, 2011  The sound of train traffic is nothing new for businesses located on Court Street Road in East Syracuse.  Employees who work in that industrial neighborhood say they almost forget that trains pass through constantly because they've become so accustomed to it.  But seemingly everyone in that neighborhood heard the sound of a train rear-ending another around lunchtime Wednesday.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011  Emergency and cleanup crews were on the scene Wednesday of a train derailment in East Syracuse.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011  A hazmat team is on the scene of a train derailment in Rome.

Wednesday, February 09, 2011  CSX Transportation crews are on the scene of a freight train derailment in northern New York where several box cars left the track while traveling through a village.

Monday, December 29, 2008  A train derailment in the City of Oswego has been cleared up.