Amtrak Capitol Limited Derails

Amtrak Capitol Limited Derails
In Maryland
Monday, Jul 29, 2002
http://www.trainweb.com/derailments/2002g29a.html

Aug 23 00:00 AM ET: Speed limit mistakenly lifted before derailment (SunSpot.net)
Jul 31 08:56 AM ET: Amtrak is told to slow down on hottest days (USA Today)
Jul 31 00:00 AM ET: Photos of derailment (Washington Post)
Jul 31 00:00 AM ET: More photos of derailment (AP)
Jul 31 00:00 AM ET: Wreck adds to railyard backlog (IndyStar.com)
Jul 30 06:52 PM ET: Amtrak Worker Saw 'Misshapen' Track (AP)
Jul 30 06:20 PM ET: Rail Researchers Seek Heat Remedies (AP)
Jul 30 06:12 PM ET: Engineer saw misshapen track seconds before accident (AP)
Jul 30 06:17 PM ET: Speed Limits to Apply to Passenger Trains (Washington Post)
Jul 30 04:42 PM ET: Derailment Hurts Cash-Poor Amtrak (AP)
Jul 30 03:00 PM ET: CSX Modifies Passenger Train Speeds Under Heat Conditions (CSX)
Jul 30 01:01 PM ET: Heat Studied in Amtrak Derailment (AP)
Jul 30 07:08 AM ET: Investigators probe the cause of derailment (AP)
Jul 30 00:00 AM ET: Wreck Leaves Amtrak in a Bind (Washington Post)
Jul 29 09:36 PM ET: Passengers Recount Train Escape (AP)
Jul 29 08:45 PM ET: Six Seriously Injured in Washington Train Crash (AP)
Jul 29 08:20 PM ET: Six critically injured in train derailment (CNN)
Jul 29 05:31 PM ET: Passenger Train Derails In Kensington (NBC4.COM)
Jul 29 04:49 PM ET: Amtrak Passenger Train Derails in Maryland (Washington Post)
Jul 29 04:30 PM ET: Dozens Hurt As Train Derails in Maryland (AP)
Jul 29 04:19 PM ET: Amtrak train derails in Maryland; dozens reported injured (AP)
Jul 29 03:56 PM ET: Train Derails Near DC, Six Seriously Injured (Reuters)

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Consist - All CHI-WAS except as noted:

P42DC 154
P42DC 74
Baggage 1750
Transition Sleeper 39029
Sleeping Car 32046
Sleeping Car 32096
Dining Car 38023
Lounge Car 33045
Coach/Smoking 31537
Coach 34018
Coach 34053
MHC 1521
MHC 1556
Baggage/Mail 1714 TOL-WAS
MHC 1453 TOL-WAS
The 1401 and 70005, behind the 1556, had been switched out at Toledo.
-source: AMTRAK (from All_Aboard Yahoo! Groups posting by Gene Poon)

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