Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "West Side Line" in English language version.
Betsy Gotbaum, the New York City Parks Commissioner, said she had warned Amtrak officials in mid-March that the fencing along the tracks needed replacement and repairs. "We took them on a tour and showed them some of the problems," Mrs. Gotbaum said. "But they just kept saying, 'We don't have any money.' "And I told that if they couldn't find a million and a half out of a capital budget of $140 million, then they should not be running a railroad." The boy [Justin James Rodriguez] had wandered away from his mother, Monica, and was walking across the tracks at West 176th Street in Fort Washington Park when Amtrak Train No. 284, the Niagara Rainbow headed for Pennsylvania Station, struck him at 4:35 P.M., throwing his body about 20 feet, the police and Amtrak officials said. An Amtrak spokesman said the engineer had seen the child and applied the emergency brakes but was unable to stop in time.
Workers from the New York City Parks Department began installing temporary fencing yesterday along railroad tracks in Washington Heights as responsibility for the death of a 3-year-old boy struck by a train over the weekend was tossed about among city, state and Federal officials. [...] "This is not our responsibility or legal requirement to install it," said Clifford Black, a spokesman for Amtrak. "We do it when it's been shown that we have to protect our property and customers and have the money to do so."
Betsy Gotbaum, the New York City Parks Commissioner, said she had warned Amtrak officials in mid-March that the fencing along the tracks needed replacement and repairs. "We took them on a tour and showed them some of the problems," Mrs. Gotbaum said. "But they just kept saying, 'We don't have any money.' "And I told that if they couldn't find a million and a half out of a capital budget of $140 million, then they should not be running a railroad." The boy [Justin James Rodriguez] had wandered away from his mother, Monica, and was walking across the tracks at West 176th Street in Fort Washington Park when Amtrak Train No. 284, the Niagara Rainbow headed for Pennsylvania Station, struck him at 4:35 P.M., throwing his body about 20 feet, the police and Amtrak officials said. An Amtrak spokesman said the engineer had seen the child and applied the emergency brakes but was unable to stop in time.
Workers from the New York City Parks Department began installing temporary fencing yesterday along railroad tracks in Washington Heights as responsibility for the death of a 3-year-old boy struck by a train over the weekend was tossed about among city, state and Federal officials. [...] "This is not our responsibility or legal requirement to install it," said Clifford Black, a spokesman for Amtrak. "We do it when it's been shown that we have to protect our property and customers and have the money to do so."
