[Scan-DC] possible train crash or derailment in Fairfax

[Sean Hoyden]

In the past the Safety Patrol Special has run on regularly scheduled trains
like 97, they just put more carriages on the train for the extra passengers.


On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 8:30 PM, <b_thom at juno.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:10:04 -0500 Doug Kitchener <oldsdoug at hotmail.com>
> writes:
> >
> > "Train 97, headed for West Palm Beach with 712 passengers and 15
> > crew members, was a special train, not in standard service."
>
> On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:48:02 -0500 kra2829 at aol.com writes:
> >
> > At 2155 hours on January 23 NRC (#929472) reported that at 2029
> > hours, Amtrak 97/23 Train went into an undesired emergency and the
> > lead engine derailed
>
> Hmmm. It has the number of a regularly scheduled Amtrak train. It must
> have been running as Advance 97 or the second section of 97. I can go
> over to the Yahoo! group to see what's going on.
>
> http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/vrfd/
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vrfd at yahoogroups.com [mailto:vrfd at yahoogroups.com]
>
> > Sent: Sunday, 24 January, 2010 13:35
> >
> > You nailed it, Glenn. Here's the rest of the story, as told in
> > today's Palm
> > Beach Post. Curious that they came north last week (Thursday?) with
> > a
> > special symbol (P900-something) but returned with the Silver
> > Meteor's symbol
> > (P097).
>
>
> Thanks for the updates.
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