Portal:US Railways/September 21
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- 2004 – The remote control operator in charge of a train performing switching duties over Alton and Southern Railroad's hump yard in East St. Louis, Illinois, loses control of the train and it collides with tank cars in the yard carrying vinyl acetate that then ignite; about 140 people are evacuated, but no injuries are reported.[1]
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