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The Capitol Limited is a temporarily suspended daily Amtrak train between Washington, D.C., and Chicago, running 764 miles via Pittsburgh and Cleveland. Service began in 1981. On November 10, 2024, Am
The Capitol Limited near Point of Rocks in 2019
The Shenandoah, predecessor to the Capitol Limited, in 1978
The PATrain at McKeesport, Pennsylvania in 1985. The Capitol Limited also used this station from 1982 to 1991.
A typical Capitol Limited with Superliner cars
On February 16, 1996, a MARC commuter train collided with Amtrak's Capitol Limited passenger train in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, killing three crew and eight passengers on the MARC train;
Track diagram of the collision area
Crew fatalities
Passenger fatalities
Memorial at the Harpers Ferry Job Corps Center