A train's traction wheels, or possibly brakes, are smoking at the Walnut Street railroad crossing and city firefighters are responding to the call, which came from CSX.
UPDATE 12:33 p.m.: The incident is on the main line, just east of Donahue Road, and it's determined to be outside city limits. The Town of Batavia Fire Department is handling the call and the city's crews are standing down.
UPDATE 12:46 p.m.: Dispatchers were told by CSX authorities in Albany that train traffic was stopped to accommodate emergency responders. Then firefighters see a train chugging down the tracks in the opposite direction. So are the trains stopped or aren't they? Dispatch can only relay what they were told. "You can only do so much," one says.
UPDATE 1:02 p.m.: First responders on scene report fire is dying down, assignment held to units already responding.
UPDATE 1:12 p.m.: The smoking wheels are no longer smoking.
UPDATE 1:23 p.m.: Batavia fire is back in service.
