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Episode 259: The Big Bayou Canot rail disaster

Episode 259: The Big Bayou Canot rail disaster

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In the early morning hours of September 22nd, 1993, a cross-country train departed from Mobile, Alabama, on its way to Miami. As it headed up along the train tracks out of the city, the train didn't know one important thing - that half of the bridge over the Big Bayou Canot wasn't there anymore.

Videos:

  • Seconds from Disaster: The Wreck of the Sunset Limited

  • Forensic Files: Visibility Zero

  • Rail Disasters: Wreck of the Sunset Limited

Articles and books:

  • Barge Pilot Blamed in Fatal Amtrak Wreck

  • No Criminal Liability Is Found in Amtrak Bayou Derailment

  • Mobile Press-Register 200th Anniversary: Sunset Limited train wreck memories not diminished by passing years

  • NTSB report on the accident

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