Looking Back!

25 years ago July 9, 1998 Last Wednesday, July 1, the last car on the fourth train derailed. The fourth train was backing from the wye toward 12th Street when the gondola derailed. The third train was in town and was blocked by the fourth train. Passengers on the third train were transferred to the fourth train. The railroad called in a crane to rerail the gondola. The third tr...

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