(Source: ABC News, May 13, 2015)
PHILADELPHIA — The site of Tuesday’s Amtrak train derailment isn’t new to railway tragedy. On Sept. 6, 1943, a Pennsylvania Railroad train crashed at Frankford Junction in northeast Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others. The 541 passengers on board the Congressional Limited train that day had been traveling for Labor Day weekend. Service members were on board.
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