TRENTON, N.J. — The Record reported that when asked at a hearing why NJ Transit didn’t move hundreds of railcars and engines out of harm’s way before superstorm Sandy struck, the agency’s executive director, Jim Weinstein, said that the decision was “sound” at the time because it was based on what NJ Transit knew from its reports and history: its yards had never flooded in NJ Transit’s nearly 30-year existence.
Weinstein added that the storm intensified after NJ Transit shut down its system. For the full story, click here.