Officials: Tourist train company warned about rail issues
KINGSTON, N.Y. — New York transportation officials say operators of a Catskills tourist train had been warned about a rail safety issue months before a derailment left 25 stranded last month.
The Daily Freeman of Kingston reports (http://bit.ly/2h1JMVn ) the Department of Transportation said in a Nov. 10 letter to Catskill Mountain Railroad that DOT inspectors had found track deficiencies along a stretch of track in May.
The letter said the Oct.