حادث سكك حديدية

1995 Palo Verde, Arizona derailment

9 أكتوبر 1995 · 33.21° N, 113.02° W

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متى
9 أكتوبر 1995
النوع
حادث سكك حديدية
إحداثيات
33.21° N, 113.02° W
Description
train wreck caused by sabotage
Deaths
1
Injured
78

1995 Palo Verde, Arizona, derailment

Railway accident caused by sabotage

The 1995 Palo Verde derailment took place on October 9, 1995, when Amtrak's Sunset Limited was derailed by terrorists near Palo Verde, Arizona on Southern Pacific Railroad tracks. Two locomotives, Amtrak GE P32-8BWH #511 leading and EMD F40PHR #398 trailing, and eight of twelve cars derailed, four of them falling 30 feet off a trestle bridge into a dry river bed. Mitchell Bates, a sleeping car attendant, was killed.

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