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Downtown Utica's Railroad Tracks & Facilities
Utica was once Upstate's largest railroad freight terminal. Today they consists of the Very Active East-West CSX & Amtrak Mainline, and the tracks of the Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad. View illustration of Utica's Railroad Interchange area, or in this Google Map view.
They'll truly need that @RockwellCollins technology in @CityofUtica because they're proposing a billion dollar hospital nextdoor to the connected @CSX mainline! Learn more about @ABrindisiNY's healthcare boondoggle here https://t.co/oJ7S332lKs pic.twitter.com/2p2tpO4t58
— #NoHospitalDowntown (@NoHospitalDwtn) August 23, 2018
The Proposed Hospital Location is very near the mainline, well-within the 1/2 Mile Evacuation Zone. The tracks flowing through Utica have a long and regular record of Train Derailments.
In addition to the two mainline tracks, there are spurs to West Utica, the Adirondack Railroad operations, and the "
Two @CSX / @Amtrak mainlines, West Utica spur, @AdirondackRR operations & "Heavy Industrial" New York Susquehanna & Western Railway Locomotive & Car Repair facility... https://t.co/mAFRq7vQUo Plus multiple bridges, other "at grade" vehicle crossings! Hello @MVHealthSystem ? pic.twitter.com/5zqHbIQcM1
— #NoHospitalDowntown (@NoHospitalDwtn) December 4, 2018
Utica Locomotive & Freight Car Repair Facility
August 20, 2018 - Learn more about the New York Susquehanna & Western Railway.
USA: New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway selects ARINC RailwayNet technology https://t.co/TQeiNysqEG
— Railway Gazette International (@railwaygazette) August 20, 2018
August 19, 2018 - Keywords "to me", as Oneida County Director of Emergency Services Kevin Revere summed it up nicely in the O-D article: “To me..." and then we have actual facts...
Building a train derailment timeline, of an Upstate New York rail corridor running through downtown @CityofUtica Just adding this one from 1990, more at https://t.co/VlDbLrtuc2 pic.twitter.com/Pn9Bk1l1RZ
— #NoHospitalDowntown (@NoHospitalDwtn) August 19, 2018
How many "Switches" are there in-and-around the downtown railyards?
Each switch offers a risk to the frieght trains and their cars passing through and around the downtown railyards.
March 15, 2018 - The "
Search @Esri for "Mapping risk by rail transport through populated NYS" to view @CityofUtica's proposed @MVHealthSystem "Red Zone" hospital site https://t.co/IuE8a1slNl Use this downtown address "400 Lafayette Street, Utica, NY 13502" pic.twitter.com/t1RwOoAu6B
— #NoHospitalDowntown (@NoHospitalDwtn) March 15, 2018
Why move our medical district that today surrounds the St. Luke's Campus into the low elevation area of their Downtown Utica Concept?
February 22, 2018 - "
"The alarming incidence of explosions and uncontrollable fires associated with crude-by-rail poses very real threats to those communities, public health and New York’s environment."
— Jubal Harshaw (@RaceforNY22) February 22, 2018
.@AGSchneiderman's position regarding the CSX line through Utica.https://t.co/XyciUjyCIB
August 5, 2015 - No one could predict it, it was a violent and destructive train wreck in Downtown Utica...
http://t.co/p3OYMzcCOR New York Susquehanna & Western Railway release updates on railcar incident pic.twitter.com/cZcGWt3QcE
— WKTV (@WKTV) August 5, 2015
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