Glens Falls (NY) Post-Star, 7/28:
Railroad proposes storage of former oil tankers in region
Saratoga & North Creek Railway plans to bring hundreds of out-of-service train oil and ethanol tank cars to the region to store them after they are taken out of service because of new federal safety regulations.
The cars would be stored on railroad sidings near the hamlet of Tahawus in Essex County, in a remote area near former stone quarries in the town of Newcomb.
Ed Ellis, president of the railway and its parent company, Iowa Pacific Holdings, informed leaders from Warren County and the town of Corinth — which own the rail line on which SNCRR operates — of the proposal Tuesday. He said he wanted to let the county and town know because residents will likely see the tankers heading north on the line in coming months.
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