Word: rearmost
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...three engines, was headed for Harrisburg, Pa. After the Conrail engineer apparently failed to heed a "distant signal" alerting him to slow down, he was unable to respond to a second stop signal and slid directly into the path of the onrushing Amtrak. The passenger train slammed into the rearmost Conrail engine, which exploded. The Amtrak engine caught fire and flipped on its side into a ditch, followed by two passenger cars that landed one atop the other. The remaining nine cars, with seats wrenched loose and baggage flying, derailed and scattered along the track. Passengers were trapped inside...