Re: Breaking News Amtrak train crash in Philly
Author: Tom McCann
Date: 05-12-2015 - 23:25
The location of the derailment is not far from the site of the 1943 derailment of the PRR Congressional Limited. That derailment, caused by an overheated axle journal box, resulted in 79 deaths. It is not that well known because it occurred during World War II.