ELIZABETHTOWN U.S. Sen. Charles «Chuck» Schumer has become the latest lawmaker to blast the storage of
unused rail cars in the Adirondacks.
MINERVA As many as 65
unused rail cars will be removed from tracks in the central Adirondacks following state action.
ELIZABETHTOWN A congressional candidate is calling for federal authorities to investigate the plan by a railroad company to store
unused rail cars on 22 miles of tracks within the Adirondack Park.
Protect the Adirondacks wants Gov. Andrew Cuomo to forbid such attempts as well, by prohibiting wholesale storage of
unused rail cars.
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D - New York) has appealed to the federal Surface Transportation Board to prevent the Saratoga & North Creek Railway from storing
unused rail cars in the Adirondack Park.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is asking a federal agency to stop a railroad company from mothballing
unused rail cars in the Adirondack Park.
The Democrat announced Tuesday that the Department of Environmental Conservation is filing a petition to the Surface Transportation Board seeking to stop Saratoga and North Creek Railway from leasing its tracks for storage of
unused rail cars.