The 1995 Palo Verde derailment took place on October 9, 1995, when Amtrak's Sunset Limited was derailed by terrorists near Palo Verde, Arizona on Southern Pacific Railroad tracks. Two locomotives, Amt
Sunset Limited Derailment
The site of the derailment in 2013. The large gouge in the embankment was created by the impact of the train.
On August 12, 1939, the City of San Francisco train derailed outside of Harney, Nevada, United States, killing 24 and injuring 121 passengers and crew. The derailment was caused by sabotage of the tra
1995 Palo Verde, Arizona, derailment
…to warn locomotive engineers of track problems, and suggested that the saboteurs had a working knowledge of railroads. The attack was likened to the 1939 wreck of the City of San Francisco, in which a similar method killed 24 people. Following the incident, Amtrak President Thomas Downs told CNN that improved…
Wanted poster placed by the Southern Pacific Railroad pleading for information
A train similar to the one that crashed