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The train consisted of 23 passenger cars with Robert B. Claytor at the throttle. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] When the train was running at 58 mph (93 km/h) near the Great Dismal Swamp in Suffolk, Virginia, two of the passenger cars struck a faulty switch on the main line derailing them and the other 12 passenger cars with them. [ 4 ]
The Crozet, Virginia train crash was a railway accident that occurred on January 31, 2018. A chartered Amtrak train named Congressional Special Train 923, following the route normally used by the Amtrak Cardinal and carrying a group of politicians and lawmakers from the Republican Party, collided with a garbage truck at a level crossing at Lanetown Road in Crozet, Virginia, 12 miles (19 km ...
WYTHEVILLE, Va. (AP) - Crews worked Tuesday to get a train back on track after a derailment scattered 14 cars along a rail line in southwest Virginia. Local officials in Wythe County said there ...
1991 Lugoff derailment in South Carolina; 8 killed, 76 injured [227] 1991 Union Square derailment , New York City; 5 killed plus 161 injured [ 228 ] [ 229 ] [ 230 ] 1992 Nemadji River bridge derailment , Superior, Wisconsin; no direct human deaths but many animals—wild and domestic—confirmed killed by chemical leak; 50,000 to 80,000 people ...
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LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) -- Several CSX tanker cars carrying crude oil derailed in downtown and caught fire along the James River in Lynchburg, Va., leading to the evacuation of nearby buildings, but ...
The train derailed due to flooding of the tracks. RAR-83-02: June 23, 1982 Coast Starlight: Gibson, California: Fire 2 61 A fire of unknown cause took place in a passenger car. RAR-83-03: April 3, 1983 Crescent: Rockfish, Virginia: Derailment 0 24 The train derailed due to debris from a landslide. RAR-83-10 July 28, 1983 State House: Wilmington ...
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