Episode 032: (Rail) Big Bayou Canot Rail Accident - a podcast by Andy & Michele Sargent

The Big Bayou Canot Rail Accident was the derailing of an Amtrak train on the CSXT Big Bayou Canot bridge in southwestern Alabama, United States, on September 22, 1993. It was caused by displacement of a span and deformation of the rails when a tow of heavy barges collided with the rail bridge eight minutes earlier. 47 people were killed and 103 more were injured. To date, it's both the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak's history and the worst rail disaster in the United States since the 1958 Newark Bay, New Jersey rail accident in which 48 lives were lost.

This episode of The Cornfield Meet: Transportation Disasters podcast is brought to you by Michele and Andy Sargent (aka Sargent Signals). Michele is an amateur radio operator N8CSX and a self-professed disaster historian. Andy is N8ACJ and the residential railroad specialist.

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