said. reporter: in short, boris and amara, they say at this point in the investigation, they suspect it was a wheel bearing failure that led to the derailment on february 3rd. one out cars carrying plastic pellets was heated by a hot axle that sparked an initial fire. the testimony of the bearing got hotter, the train passed two wayside defect detectors that are basically devices supposed to detect axle problems on any trains that passen 0 the rails. that did not trigger an alarm because the heat threshold was not met at that point, however, it wasn t until the train passed a third detector down track that the temperatures were so hot, hot enough that that set off the alarm but by then, it was too late. so the devastating chain of events was set in motion. 38 cars derailed there near the pennsylvania state line and that included 11 tank cars carrying that were carrying hazardous materials that ignited
According to Governor Kathy Hochul s office, $100 million in state funding will go toward repaving roads in New York impacted by severe weather. $6 million will go toward resurfacing roads in Chemung,
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