It was a new year in the dead of winter when a northbound Amtrak train derailed not long before it would make its next stop in Delaware. Around 1:30 p.m., Amtrak Train 94 collided with a Conrail train ...
Eight cars of a 93-car Conrail train derailed last night from the tracks along the Lehigh Canal between Parryville and Weissport. There were no injuries. Only three of the eight cars were carrying ...
On January 4, 1987, a Conrail freight crew drove their train while high on marijuana through Maryland. They missed multiple warning signals and stopped directly on an active passenger track near Chase ...
On this day, Jan. 4, in 1987, an Amtrak train that had left the District collided with Conrail engines in Baltimore County, killing 16 people. Conrail engineer Ricky Gates had been smoking marijuana ...