Houston Ammo Train Incident

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Houston Ammo Train Incident
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Details
Date20 December 1979 (1979-12-20)
9:37 PM
LocationHouston, Texas
Country United States
OperatorCentral Gateway Turtle Railroad
Incident typeTrain collision
CauseLow visibility
Possible suicide attack
Statistics
Trains4
Crew3
Pedestrians3
Deaths6
Injuries10
Damage324 tank cars
27 boxcars
2 GE U25Cs

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