Ellicott City CSX Coal Train Derail 2012

CSX had a derailment of an 80 car coal train on Tuesday, August 21st, 2012. 21 cars of the train directly behind the two locomotives derailed, spilling coal over the most used portion of the small town of Ellicott City. A Sunpapers article is here, and the other pictures below are from there.

The first picture is copyrighted by and courtesy of Intersystem Concepts, Inc. Used with permission. The picture may be found as part of the Old Main Line tour here. If you have never checked out the tour of the Old Main Line or the other tours of Maryland, you should check out the great work and research that Steve has put into the tours!

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