34 Car Derailment of ConRail Trains

April 11, 1987

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Title
34 Car Derailment of ConRail Trains
Creator
Kobus, Ken
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
April 11, 1987
Identifier
200618.20.1.12
Description
On Pittsburgh's mainline on April 11, 1987, two CONRAIL trains, one traveling eastbound and the other westbound, collided. The end result was a 34 car derailment and the evacuation of 16,000 people due to a toxic spill.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
slides (photographs)
Subject
Railroad accidents
Railroad trains
Hazardous substances--Accidents
CONRAIL
Geographic Subjects
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Source
Ken Kobus Photograph Collection, 1980-1990
Collection
Ken Kobus Collection
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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