<description>&lt;p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Videos:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzzHS05eYhk" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;Seconds from Disaster: The Wreck of the Sunset Limited&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lURAPr8vbwI&amp;t=12s" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;Forensic Files: Visibility Zero&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE-mc7Pnk2g" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;Rail Disasters: Wreck of the Sunset Limited&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;Articles and books:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/22/us/barge-pilot-blamed-in-fatal-amtrak-wreck.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;Barge Pilot Blamed in Fatal Amtrak Wreck&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-26-mn-38662-story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;No Criminal Liability Is Found in Amtrak Bayou Derailment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.al.com/live/2013/07/mobile_press-register_200th_an_38.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;Mobile Press-Register 200th Anniversary: Sunset Limited train wreck memories not diminished by passing years&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/44475" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;NTSB report on the accident&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Disaster Area

Jennifer Matarese

Episode 259: The Big Bayou Canot rail disaster

OCT 31, 202554 MIN
Disaster Area

Episode 259: The Big Bayou Canot rail disaster

OCT 31, 202554 MIN

Description

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