1987 Maryland train collision
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1987-maryland-train-collision-162-6292610
title:
1987 Maryland train collision
text:
On January 4, 1987, two trains collided on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor main line near Chase, Maryland, United States, at Gunpow Interlocking. Amtrak train 94, the Colonial, traveling north from Washington, D.C., to Boston, crashed at over 100 miles per hour (160Â km/h) into a set of Conrail locomotives running light which had fouled the mainline. Fourteen passengers on the Amtrak train died, as well as the Amtrak engineer and lounge car attendant. The Conrail locomotive crew failed to stop at the
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1987 rail transit disaster in Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Maryland_train_collision
date created:
2005-09-29T03:16:54Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T17:05:01Z
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