Derailment
On January 8, 2009 a NYA train derailed east of the Deer Park station. Six cars went off track and one was flipped to its side. The freight train containing construction debris did not injure anyone but caused commuter trains to be delayed for several hours and resulted in some disruptions to rush hour service the following morning. The LIRR was unsure what caused the derailment. As of September 15, 2009, the damaged switch at the west end of the siding where the derailment occurred has not been repaired. Apparently, the NYA and the LIRR cannot agree on repairing the switch and which line will pay for it. The LIRR further complicated things for the NYA by removing the crossover from the eastbound mainline track to the westbound main which is the track the damaged switch joins to the siding under discussion to enable eastbound NYA trains to access the extant siding.
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