Wreck of the Captiol Limited and MARC train on 2/16/1996. Three crewman on the MARC train and eight passengers in the front car of the MARC died. (as a result of a question - this photo was taken from the Talbot Ave. bridge)

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Sam Davey	General	wow thats too bad. what caused this wreck? is this CSX trackage?	4/15/2006 2:30:59 PM

Jamie Joyce	General	If memory serves it was a towerman's error that sent a MARC commuter into the path of the Amtrak. And yes it is CSX trackage.	4/15/2006 4:14:42 PM

Jack Toomey	General	Actually the engineer of the MARC train, running east, was found to have passed a caution signal at Kensington, and collied with the second locomotive of the Amtrak train that was changing tracks in front of it. It happened in a snowstorm.	4/15/2006 4:24:21 PM

Brent Jackson	General	Wow......man, Amtrak's in Maryland is kinda bad, ain't it?	4/16/2006 11:06:41 PM

Edward Kerns II	General	A sad event, that's why railroads need Cab Signals!	4/28/2006 1:37:33 PM

Stephen DiSalvo	General	wasn't the delay in block rule created after this incident?	5/30/2006 10:36:04 AM

Wreck of the Captiol Limited and MARC train on 2/16/1996. Three crewman on the MARC train and eight passengers in the front car of the MARC died. (as a result of a question - this photo was taken from the Talbot Ave. bridge)
Date: 2/17/1996	Location: Silver Spring, MD Map	Views: 5831	Collection Of: Jack Toomey
Locomotives: MARC 73(GP39H-2)			Author: Jack Toomey

Picture Categories: Wreck		This picture is part of album: Wrecks/accidents

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