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 […]

Today’s feature was also news to me.  In Australia, the Paddington tram depot in Brisbane, Australia was destroyed by fire on this date in 1962.  This date is remembered as the beginning of the end of tram service in Brisbane, Australia.  It was constructed in 1915, and this fire destroyed 65 trams.  Although the cause of the fire has never […]