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...train was 34 minutes late, timing that in the end proved fatal. At 2:50 a.m. Amtrak's Sunset Limited reached the wood-and-steel span over Big Bayou Canot in Alabama. It had crossed the bridge dozens of times since its Los Angeles-to-Miami route was inaugurated in April. And so, with 210 people on board, it came confidently down the tracks -- and into the worst accident in Amtrak's 23-year history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death By Fire and Water | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

Dahlstrom was arrested by University police detectives Richard Estes and Richard Mederos at Boston's South Station as he arrived on an Amtrak train from Florida July 17. Harvard Police Lt. John F. Rooney said officers have recovered samples of insects and other museum property the suspect had allegedly taken from the museum...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: Museum Official Could Be Fired | 7/27/1993 | See Source »

...volunteer, Gary P. Dahlstrom, 28, was detained by University police detectives Richard Estes and Richard Mederos as he arrived on an Amtrak train from Florida at 5 p.m. on Saturday afternoon...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: Police Nab Alleged Bug Thief | 7/23/1993 | See Source »

...great volume and variety. Organizers expected hundreds of thousands of marchers, maybe 1 million. Advance signs pointed to a huge turnout: hotel rooms in Washington were all but unobtainable, and so were airplane reservations from some parts of the U.S. "Our trains have been crowded since Tuesday," said Amtrak spokesman Howard Robertson. "Every available resource is going to be used. This is bigger than the Inauguration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Marching Together | 5/3/1993 | See Source »

...Amtrak opened its new speedster to the public, the Association of American Railroads announced that in theory at least, freight railroads are willing to cooperate with Amtrak to help make widespread high-speed passenger rail travel a reality. Amtrak is already moving ahead. This summer the company plans to test out a German train that can go up to 185 m.p.h. Amtrak plans to have 26 high-speed trains running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On The Fast Track | 2/15/1993 | See Source »

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