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...wreck was the bloodiest in Amtrak's history. On Jan. 4, 1987, a string of Conrail locomotives rolled past warning signals near Baltimore and collided with a high-speed passenger train carrying more than 600 people. The fiery crash killed 16 and injured 176. Public dismay turned to anger when it was revealed that engineer Ricky Gates had been smoking marijuana at the controls of the Conrail train. Gates admitted the drug use and pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a urine test, required by the Government of railroad employees involved in serious accidents, revealed traces of marijuana. The tragedy fueled...
Meantime, Eastern's competitors had a field day poaching on the crippled airline's territory. TWA, Delta and Pan Am added flights on Eastern routes to capture its customers. Even Amtrak and Greyhound expanded their service to meet the new demand. TWA Chairman Carl Icahn confirmed that Eastern's unions had asked him to launch a bid for the airline. Icahn briefly considered such a bid last fall. He found the idea interesting, he said, but did not want to interfere in Eastern's collective-bargaining process. Lorenzo was cool to the suggestion. "Our major goal at the moment...
...workers on Amtrak, the New York subways, the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) and other commuter lines had struck, it could have meant, with apologies to R.E.M., the end of world as we know...
Twelve commuter railroads nationwide and Amtrak were potential targets of sympathy actions...
Pickets by machinists against Amtrak were expected in cities from Boston to New Orleans...