Inspection teams from the New York State Department of Transportation and the Federal Railroad Administration carried out crude oil tanker inspections at the CSX Corporation-owned Frontier Rail Yard in Buffalo and numerous other points including CSX-owned switch in Haverstraw. They focused on track, track hardware and tank car mechanical safety equipment, including wheels and brakes and couplers. Inspection teams examined 109 crude oil tank cars, approximately 196 miles of track ad 72 switches. Overall, sate and federal teams uncovered and addressed three critical defects and 41 non-critical defects. Federal Railroad Administration Inspectors examined one switch along the CSX mainline in Haverstraw. No defects were found.
