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I'd be ticked off if I was stuck in the traffic!
Train Stopped So Employee Can Get Coffee
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KINGSTON, N.Y. - The mayor of this Hudson Valley city is piping mad that a train employee won't face stiffer punishment for parking a train and blocking traffic to get coffee.
Federal Railroad Administration spokesman Warren Flatau said his agency looked into the matter but "did not find anything actionable under the regulations that we enforce."
CSX Corp. won't be fined for tying up traffic last month when one of its freights made the unscheduled stop here, 52 miles south of Albany.
Had the June 9 stop caused an injury or collision then a fine probably would have been recommended, Flatau said.
Mayor James Sottile called the matter absurd.
The coffee break was exposed by city Fire Chief Richard Salzmann, who was stuck at one of the crossings. Eventually he went inside a donut shop where he saw a CSX employee carrying a tray of coffee cups back to the locomotive. Once the employee got on board, the train started up again.
CSX officials later apologized and said that the employee would be disciplined.
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