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A pair of CSX Transportation-owned C40-8 General Electric locomotives sit idle on a siding in Worthville, Ky., on Jan. 6, 2014. Luke Sharrett/Getty Images
AMSTERDAM, N.Y.—A freight train derailed in upstate New York on Friday, disrupting Amtrak service and prompting authorities to close roads in the area.
About 17 cars of a CSX train hauling mixed freight derailed just before 8 a.m. northwest of Albany, a CSX spokesperson said in a statement.
