Road near train derailment to likely stay closed through at least Friday morning
Cleanup work continues at train derailment in Rensselaer County.
Cleanup work continues Thursday afternoon at the site of a train derailment in Rensselaer County.
State Route 67 near State Street in Valley Falls will likely be closed until at least after Friday’s morning commute.
Ten cars from a 94-car Berkshire-Eastern train left the track on Wednesday night near Valley Falls. Two of the cars ended up in the Hoosic River.
No one was injured.
One car was carrying vegetable-type oil and the other plastic pellets. A portion of Route 67 near the tracks is still closed as workers attempt to start the process to remove those cars from the water.