 The station has been the site of several major accidents involving locomotives . In 1843 , the Sloatsburg station was the site of a large accident by train full of milk bottles . On December 31 , 1855 , the railroad 's Cincinnati Express was thrown off the tracks near the Sloatsburg station , when it tried to avoid a countrymen and his four mules , who were crossing the tracks . Three of the mules were killed and mutilated by the train , while the fourth died soon after . There was no damage to the cars or injuries to the passengers . In the early days of August 1856 , a girl by the name of McGraff was injured by an oncoming train near the station after carelessly walking onto the tracks . The parents , who were in a poor state financially , was given $ 45 ( 1856 USD ) in return for their troubles from the Board of Directors in nearby Goshen . On February 21 , 1858 , a train heading southbound experienced an accident when a brakeman , John Freeland , fell off the train and was run over . Freeland 's legs were severed in the incident , and one arm was broken . They hurried Freeland southbound on a nearby train , but died by the time the train reached Paterson , New Jersey towards the hospital . 
