Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Amtrak passenger train 188 from Washington DC to New York via Philadelphia derailed last night at 9:28pm, near Frankford junction, historically a train wreck location



The same place was the site of a catastrophe in Sept 1943, when the wheel bearings caused an axle to fail.

Last night 6 cars overturned and the engine separated from the rest of the train due to a problem as the train went through a turn.

6 dead, dozens injured.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/amtrak-crash-investigators-search-train-derailment/story?id=30998492
http://abcnews.go.com/US/amtrak-train-crashes-philadelphia/story?id=30997124


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