Troubles on Marietta's train tracks are pushed to the head of the table.

A public meeting was held Thursday night after a train derailed near Harmar Village last month, and that derailment has spurred on a number of concerns.

"If this had happened on Harmar Street, we'd be in big time trouble."

Harmar residents made their voices heard in Marietta.

A train derailed not far from their neighborhood last December and though no one was hurt, citizens wanted answers.

CSX Official Neil Zimmers says, "There was nothing wrong with the bridge whatsoever. There was an internal defect in the rail, which caused the cars to derail."

CSX railway officials came face to face with the questions in an attempt to squelch fears.

Zimmers says, "We do inspect our rails and try to keep our equipment and rails as best we can and in fine working order. We tried to give them reassurance."

Citizens brought up concerns like the speed of the railway trains, the clanking of the wheels on the tracks and the location of the track: straight down Harmar Street.

Harmar Street resident Betty Sue Vadakin says, "A lot of people don't realize the speed the trains go through late at night, because they don't live there."

CSX officials listened to the worries and say they'll take them into consideration.

Fourth Ward Council Member, Tom Vukovic says he hopes they mean it.

"It seems we have these meetings after there is a crisis or a major issue. What I'm looking for is that we get some feedback from CSX, and that they don't just let this end."

Some talk circulated during the meeting about simply moving the tracks out of downtown Harmar.

CSX officials declined to lay out a timeline of when that could happen, only that it wouldn't be in the immediate future.