Another Deadly Trainwreck Took Place Just Over Three Months Earlier

On September 6, 1943, 79 were killed in a trainwreck in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  The Congressional Limited, touted as being able to make the run from Washington, D.C. to New York City in 3 1/2 hours had flames burst out from one of the cars' hot box which caused the axle to snap and the train went off the tracks.

As you would expect during wartime, there were about 200 servicemen aboard the train.  Seventy-nine passengers from two of the cars were killed and another 117 injured.

--GreGen