Train Crash on the oldest rail section in America
Twenty one cars carrying coal suddenly derailed just after midnight last Tuesday, killing the two 19-year old girls that were sitting on that bridge.
This is the site of the very first rail service in the United States. It went from Ellicott City, Maryland (pictured above) to Baltimore. It was horse-drawn rail service that started in 1833. This is also where Peter Cooper raced his Tom Thumb %28Locomotive%29 against horses to prove that steam locomotives would work.
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Kaustubh KatdareSad news. Why did the cars derail, I can't imagine any reason the wheels would leave the track. -
Ramani AswathMany a time I have gone from Bethesda, MD to Baltimore and beyond on my visits to my daughter at Bethesda. Ellicott is a bit off this route. Old railways facinate me. The legendary Tom Thumb!
Sad that two uninvolved kids got killed.
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KenJacksonI've been waiting to hear what the NTSB had to say about this but I missed their #-Link-Snipped-# back in September.
I didn't miss much. They ruled out speed and weather but are otherwise clueless. -
Indrajeet RoyIt's so sad to hear that. Have they ruled out foul play yet? Sad to say that this happens almost daily in India
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