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	Big Bayou Canot train disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Big Bayou Canot train disaster of September 22, 1993 is the worst disaster in the history of United States railroad company Amtrak.
		The Granville train disaster of 1977 involved a bridge collapse caused in part by inadequately protected and strapped piers and spans.
		Lessons from the Granville train disaster were apparently not put in place.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Big_Bayou_Conot_train_disaster (821 words)

	Big Train
		Following in the tradition of Monty Python, the comedy of ''Big Train'' is based on the subversion of ordinary situations by the surreal or even macabre.
		The Big Bayou Conot train disaster of September 22, 1993, is the worst disaster in the history of United States railroad company Amtrak.
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		Chances of survival after a disaster are greatly improved when people, local governments and emergency services, businesses and national governments prepare survival plans and assemble survival gear beforehand.
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	Big Bayou Conot Train Disaster Encyclopedia Article @ Befell.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sunset Limited passenger train reached the bridge, first used by the route less than six months earlier, it plunged into the water and exploded.
		The Big Bayou Disaster was also the ispiration for the song Sunset Limited by the Anti-Heroes, an Oi band from Atlanta, GA. The lyrics center on the actions undertaken by the parents of a handicapped child who gave up their own lives to save their disabled daughter.
		Granville train disaster were apparently not put in place.
	www.befell.org /encyclopedia/Big_Bayou_Conot_train_disaster (860 words)

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		A disaster is a natural or man-made event that negatively affects life, property, livelihood or industry, often resulting in permanent changes to human societies, ecosystems and environment.
		The Eschede train disaster was the worst train accident since 1967 in German history and the world's worst high-speed train disaster.
		List of United Kingdom disasters by death toll is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war) which occurred in the United Kingdom or involved UK citizens, in a definable incident, where the loss of life exceeded 40.
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	Big Bayou Conot train disaster - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Big Bayou Conot train disaster on September 22, 1993 is the worst disaster in the history of Amtrak.
		It happened when a bridge in southern Alabama, over the Big Bayou Conot, which the Sunset Limited passenger train was to run across collapsed, plunging the train into the water.
		The cause of the accident was determined to be a barge colliding with the bridge a short time before the disaster, displacing the tracks on the bridge.
	www.music.us /education/B/Big-Bayou-Conot-train-disaster.htm (337 words)

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	Sunset Limited - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Amtrak's Sunset Limited is a 2764-mile (4448 km) passenger train route that connects Orlando, Florida, to Los Angeles, California.
		Less than half a year later, Amtrak's worst train wreck, the Big Bayou Conot train disaster, happened on the extension in Alabama on September 22, 1993.
		The bridge is the longest railroad bridge in the United States, at 4.5 miles (7.2 km), and takes the train 135 ft (41 m) above the Mississippi River.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Sunset_Limited (1033 words)

	Big Bayou Conot train disaster - Definition, explanation
		Big Bayou Conot train disaster - Definition, explanation
		December 24, 1953, Tangiwai disaster, New Zealand: 151 die when a bridge over the Whangaehu River collapses.
		Bridge design did not learn from earlier Granville train disaster.
	www.calsky.de /lexikon/en/txt/b/bi/big_bayou_conot_train_disaster.php (517 words)

	Big Bayou Canot train disaster - Enpsychlopedia
		The accident occurred after a bridge over the Big Bayou Canot in southwestern Alabama (about 20 miles NW of Mobile, Alabama) was knocked out of alignment.
		When the scheduled Sunset Limited passenger train reached the bridge, first used by the route less than six months earlier, it plunged into the water.
		As barge traffic posed a regular hazard, special barge collision detection circuits could have been fitted to put the signals to red in case of a collision.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Big_Bayou_Conot_train_disaster (714 words)

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	National Transportation Safety Board Summary
		NTSB, based on investigation findings, then issues safety recommendations in an effort to prevent future accidents.
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		With money collected during a telethon, an arena was built in 1975.
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