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Trains Magazine Special Edition Train Wrecks Volume 2 Crashes that changed RRing
Trains Magazine Special Issue Train Wrecks Vol. 2 2018
On the cover, An aerial view after the July 6, 2013, Montreal, Maine & Atlantic oil train derailment at Lac-Megantic, Quebec
6 DISASTROUS DEBUT
Amtrak Cascades train 501's ill-fated new route
11 RAILROADING'S TITANIC
The story of lac-Megantic
22 FATAL DISTRACTION
The 2008 Chatsworth, Calif., crash that hastened the push for positive train control. Two stories: Accident details and lessons for first responders
32 THE WRECK AT CHASE
The fatal 1987 crash of an Amtrak train and Conrail units prompts action on the industry's alcohol and substance abuse problem
38 THE MISSISSAUGA MIRACLE
A catastrophic derailment but with no fatalities
46 MY NIGHT ON A WRECK TRAIN
For a young boy. watching the cleanup of a derailment proves to be memorable
50 SNAPSHOT OF A TRAIN WRECK
A misaligned switch led the Silver Star to collide with a CSX freight
52 THE PERFECT STORM
A 1985 Colorado wreck was preceded by a combination of errors, communication problems, and misfortune
58 THOSE WHO DERAIL ...
A good day on the railroad can go bad in a matter of seconds
60 WHO YOU GONNA CALL
Small company cleans up big messes
66 RUNAWAY
A cold night in Colorado gives one crew more than it could handle
72 BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU BURY THE BODIES
You never know what may turn up one day at the scene of a wreck
74 AMERICAN GRADE CROSSINGS
A history of carnage, a hope for improved safety
82 WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A BROKEN NOSE?
Fix what's left and shorten it up. That's what the doctor ordered
84 THE GREAT KANSAS CITY FLOOD OF 1951
How Santa Fe Railway officials acted fast and tapped non-railroad skills to get trains back in action
92 WRECK PHOTOS
BNSF Railway intermodal near Mendon, Mo., in March 2017; Union Pacific grain train in California's Feather River Canyon in November 2014; Seaboard System freight at Marshville, NC., in April 1984; and 1905 wreck on North Shore Railroad at White Hill, Calif.
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