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#1100413 - 11/07/09 12:06 AM

Emergency responders to train on trains in Cayuga

reilley
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Emergency responders to train on trains Saturday in Cayuga
By: The Citizen staff report

Friday, November 6, 2009 4:52 PM EST
The train tracks that run through the village of Cayuga will be swarmed with emergency responders Saturday. But residents can rest easy -- it is just a drill.
The Cayuga County Office of Emergency Services will hold a training program for emergency responders to learn about handling a passenger and freight railroad emergency. The program is being held after county emergency officials noted an increase in train traffic in the area.

"This program affords the opportunity for first-responders to be better prepared should a local incident involving a railway occur," said Brian Dahl, director of Cayuga County Emergency Management.

Saturday county firefighters and local emergency response teams will gather at the Finger Lakes Railway tracks near Cayuga Village Hall to practice smoke hazard and other rescues as a simulation passenger train travels along the Finger Lakes Railway line, called Auburn Road, from Geneva to Solvay. Freight cars will be added to the train in order for responders to practice responding to all types of train-related emergencies.

The training will begin with a classroom session at 9 a.m. in the Cayuga Village Hall and move to the tracks afterward.

Amtrak, CSX and Finger Lakes Railways worked together to coordinate services to make the event possible.

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#1102731 - 11/11/09 10:32 PM Re: Emergency responders to train on trains in Cayuga [Re: reilley]
Dinky Dau Dinky Dau Member Registered: 01/12/09 Posts: 221 Loc: Confused	It is good to know they are always training _________________________ Charter Member: Beaughko Dinky Dau Advisory Society
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#1102776 - 11/12/09 01:36 AM Re: Emergency responders to train on trains in Cayuga [Re: Dinky Dau]
reilley reilley Silver Member Registered: 01/17/05 Posts: 11186 Loc: between here and there	I read some of the papers that they had at training (no I did not go) but the pictures of train accidents was just unreal. I leared where the shut off button is for the whole thing and how to report a train accident if it ever happens . The CSX/AMTRACK train goes by my house alot. AVERAGE is every 7 minutes. The train is 1/4 mile as the crow flys and less than 1/2 mi by car. So yep I am intrested in this stuff. And the items that CSX carries doesn't make me happy but seems noone eles care .. _________________________ remember the smile Charter Member:Beaughko Dinky Dau Advisory Society
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#1105513 - 11/17/09 02:03 PM Re: Emergency responders to train on trains in Cayuga [Re: reilley]
Josephus Josephus Senior Member Registered: 08/25/00 Posts: 3817 Loc: Conquest, NY	You must live near the old Penn Central line (I think that's it), which is the main line between Syracuse and Rochester. I live near it too, just over the line from Port Byron in Conquest. I hear trains there all the time... it's a busy road. AMTRAK and CSX. I think they were training on the Finger Lakes Railroad on Saturday, which is the one that goes through SF and Waterloo. No AMTRAK there. Not yet, anyway. $\:\)$ But, FLRR does run special passengers on it from time to time. _________________________ "Indifference to history is more than just ignorance. It's a form of ingratitude." -David McCullough
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#1105527 - 11/17/09 02:37 PM Re: Emergency responders to train on trains in Cayuga [Re: Josephus]
reilley reilley Silver Member Registered: 01/17/05 Posts: 11186 Loc: between here and there	ah , you are just a hop,skip ,jump away from me . _________________________ remember the smile Charter Member:Beaughko Dinky Dau Advisory Society
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