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Newsday(for educational purposes only)
"Md. Commuter Train Hits Barrier
LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) -- A light rail commuter train arriving at Baltimore-Washington International Airport hit a safety barrier at the end of the line Sunday, injuring the train's conductor and most of its 30 passengers, a transit official said.
Maryland Mass Transit Authority spokesman Frank Fulton said the injured were transported to several area hospitals. The conductor was in serious condition Sunday night at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. The passengers' conditions were not immediately available.
The one-car train originated at Baltimore's Penn Station and normally would have been traveling about 13 miles per hour as it neared the end its trip about 2:45 p.m., Fulton said.
Investigators were trying to determine how fast it was moving when it hit the barrier.
Witnesses said they heard the train's brakes screeching just before the crash. The impact crumpled the front end of the car and derailed it, but the car train remained upright in the airport train station.
AP-NY-02-13-00 2016EST"
-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), February 13, 2000
How does this relate to posting guideline #4?
-- I'mSo (lame@prepped.com), February 13, 2000.
Update on Glenbrook rail accident inquiry in New South Wales.Excerpt:
"So far, the inquiry has been told a signal failure started the chain of events and that the track where the collision occurred is not covered by a signal system that indicates the position of trains."
-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), February 13, 2000.
tsk tsk. too many derailments. remember a month or so ago when a train hit a car in rockville, md? i never saw much about it in the news but wonder if there wasn't some sort of signal failure (especially that affected the crossing barriers) because i drive by that spot every day and there is a full gate that blocks both sides of the crossing. i wondered how anyone could get by them to get hit?
-- tt (cuddluppy@aol.com), February 14, 2000.