Wires cut to Rochelle Park railroad gates, authorities hunt saboteurs

ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: It’s “very possible” that federal Homeland Security agents will joint the search for those responsible for sabotaging New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad freight train gates yesterday afternoon in Rochelle Park, a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the incident told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

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Jerry DeMarco

10/11/2014 10:30 p.m.

“The wires were cut between 2 and 3 p.m., knocking out the circuit and keeping the gates down,” the source said. “That’s sabotage.

“Those responsible apparently wanted the gates to stay up, which could have resulted in a train versus car collision,” the source said. “But the gates stayed down.”

Considerable tie-ups in Rochelle Park and surrounding towns followed.

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