MILO, N.Y. — A Finger Lakes Railway locomotive overturned Monday after striking a derail protecting a track project, injuring the engineer, the Finger Lakes Daily News reports.
The locomotive was running light when the accident occurred about 8 a.m., injuring its engineer, 48-year-old Thomas Lewis of Dresden, N.Y., and causing a fuel spill. Lewis was taken to a local hospital for treatment of an arm injury. First responders and staff from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation attended to the spill.
Finger Lakes Railway, based in Geneva, N.Y., operates 167 miles of track in six conties, and interchanges with CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern, and the New York, Susquehanna & Western.
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