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Train Derailment Temporarily Suspends LIRR Service

LIRR service was suspended between Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma

Thursday, Jan 8, 2009 | Updated 11:26 AM EST

Train Derailment Temporarily Suspends LIRR Service

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Long Island Rail Road service was suspended between Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma for over an hour due to the derailment of a freight train.

The railroad said the derailment occurred at 9:10 a.m. Thursday east of Deer Park when a New York & Atlantic Railway train went of the tracks. Service resumed at 10:40 a.m.

Paul Victor, a spokesman for New York & Atlantic, said no one was injured. He said one of the two main tracks in the area of the derailment is blocked, the other is clear.

New York & Atlantic Railway leases the use of the tracks from the LIRR. It is a subsidiary of Anacostia & Pacific Company.