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On September 22, 1993, an Amtrak Sunset Limited passenger train derailed on the CSX Transportation Big Bayou Canot Bridge near Mobile, Alabama, United States. It was caused by displacement of a span and deformation of the rails when a tow of heavy barges collided with the rail bridge eight minutes earlier.
Known as the Big Bayou Canot rail accident, the incident is Amtrak's worst train wreck and resulted in 47 deaths. [ 11 ] On October 9, 1995, in an event known as the Palo Verde derailment , saboteurs derailed the Sunset Limited near Harqua, Arizona , by removing 29 spikes from a section of track, and short-circuited the signal system to conceal ...
The train derailed due to excessive speed on a curve. RAR-16-02: March 14, 2016: Southwest Chief: Cimarron, Kansas: Derailment 0 28 The train derailed due to track damage caused by an agricultural vehicle. RAB-17-11: April 3, 2016: Palmetto: Chester, Pennsylvania: Equipment collision 2 39 The train struck a backhoe being used for track work ...
By RYAN GORMAN Shocking video has emerged of a freight train slamming into an 18-wheeler that was stuck on the tracks. The Sunday afternoon wreck in Mer Rouge, Louisiana, caused two of the engines ...
Amtrak and BNSF Railway claim a Missouri company that owned and operated the dump truck involved in the crash was negligent.
May 19 of 2004 – Gunter Train Collision – Two BNSF freight trains collide head-on near Gunter, Texas.The train engineer of the southbound train died. [3]June 28, 2004 – A westbound Union Pacific Railroad freight train collides with the middle of an eastbound BNSF freight that was entering a siding at Macdona, Texas.
When the crash happened, Houston Fire Department's Station 17 "heard a loud explosion," said Houston Mayor John Whitmire at the press conference. "Immediately, 911 was lighting up."
March 15 – United States – 1999 Bourbonnais, Illinois, train crash: The Amtrak City of New Orleans, traveling at approximately 80 miles per hour (130 km/h), slammed into a semi-trailer truck loaded with steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) at a grade crossing and derails. An ensuing fire set one Superliner sleeper car ablaze.