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Each year, businesses from Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens pack up their wares and head to New York’s capital city.
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Amtrak says a metal “skirt board” on the side of one of its NextGen Acela train cars hit an electric third rail, sparking the blaze.
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Amtrak says a metal “skirt board” on the side of one of its NextGen Acela train cars hit an electric third rail, sparking the blaze.
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