[Scan-DC] VRE runaway locomotive

[benke at cs.georgetown.edu]

http://www.steamlocomotive.com/GG1/prr4876-crash.shtml

Train #173, the "Federal Express" left Boston late in the evening of 
January 14,1953, with a train load of people headed to Washington, DC, 
for Dwight D. Eisenhower's first inauguration.

oldsdoug at hotmail.com wrote:
> Cool! The Great Locomotive Chase!
>
> Back in 1953, just before the inauguration of President Eisenhower (I _don't_ remember this, just to be clear!) a Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 ran through Union Station and landed in the basement baggage room.
>
>   
>> From: richrowl at worldnet.att.net
>> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:23:41 -0400
>> Subject: [Scan-DC] VRE runaway locomotive
>>
>> Just wondering if any rail buffs monitored this.
>>
>> FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Two Amtrak contract employees
>> who repair trains for Virginia Railway Express have been fired after
>> they failed to stop a runaway train locomotive.
>>     
>
> (snip)
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