Posts tagged with ‘tragedy’

  • This Day in History November 12, 1983

    By Ruth on November 12, 2013
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    Today’s feature involves an Amtrack train tragedy.  On this date in 1983, an Amtrak train derailed in Marshall, Texas killing four and injuring 72.  The reason it happened?  There was a section of railroad track that was being repaired, and there was an apparent break.  This had been the worst derailment accident in Amtrak’s history since 1971.  While this is […]