3.ON AUGUST 20TH, 2009 WHILE DRIVING OVER A RAILROAD TRACK ON NORTH FERRY STREET IN ALBANY, NEW YORK, AT SLOW SPEED, THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT BOTTOM BALL JOINT BROKE, CAUSING THE WHEEL TO BUCKLE WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE TIRE PROTRUDING OUTWARD. THE CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT THEN BROKE AT THE JOINT NEAR THE TRANSMISSION AND PULLED OUT. 4.THE TRUCK STOPPED IMMEDIATELY ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS. THESE ARE ACTIVE RAILROAD TRACKS. TWO PEOPLE WERE IN THE CAR AT THE TIME. 5.MY WIFE ENLISTED THE AID OF A REPAIR SHOP RIGHT NEXT TO THE TRACKS. ALL OF THEIR TOW TRUCKS WERE OUT ON CALLS, BUT THERE WAS A TRACTOR WITH A BUCKET AT THE SHOP. THEY LIFTED THE TUNDRA WITH THE BUCKET AND PULLED IT OFF THE TRACKS, DENTING THE FRONT HOOD IN THE PROCESS. ABOUT TWO MINUTES LATER A TRAIN WENT BY ON THE TRACKS. 6.THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO NORTHWAY TOYOTA DEALER IN LATHAM AND INSPECTED. THERE WERE MULTIPLE AND EXTENSIVE RUST CAUSED PERFORATIONS ON THE FRAME. THE STABILIZER MOUNT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS RIPPED OFF THE FRAME DUE TO FAILURE CAUSED BY RUST. IT IS LIKELY THAT THE MOUNT WAS OFF BEFORE THE BALL JOINT BROKE AND MAY HAVE BEEN THE ULTIMATE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. *TR