Arson being investigated

KANE -- Police continue to investigate Sunday's early morning fire that caused about $1 million in damage to railroad equipment and a building in Kane.

Someone broke into the warehouse on Biddle Street at about 2:15 and set the fire, which severely burned two locomotives that were once used for Kinzua Bridge State Park tourist trips.

According to Kane-based state police, the building contained equipment owned by B. Sloan Cornell of Marienville, including a diesel locomotive and a dining car built in the 1890s and restored in the 1930s. The structure also held numerous locomotive parts.

Cpl. Thomas E. Josephson, a state police fire marshal, is working with Kane Borough Police in the investigation.

The affected trains once provided tourists with a trip from Marienville, with a stop in Kane to pick up passengers, to Kinzua Bridge. After 17 years, Knox & Kane Railroad stopped offering rides to the park due to a lack of interest following the Kinzua Bridge's fall due to a tornado in July 2003.