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From: marston@dartvax.UUCP (David Marston)
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: Train crash related to B&M strike?
Message-ID: <4537@dartvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 7-May-86 22:44:53 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  7 22:44:53 1986
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About 100 were injured today (5/7) when a Boston-area commuter train hit a
standing freight on the Framingham line. There were about 500 total riders
on the four-car train. The crash occured just before 9:00 on an inbound run
in the Brighton section of Boston, where the tracks are adjacent to the
Mass. Pike. Framingham commuter trains are cancelled, but I don't know what
the effect was on Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited and Bay State, which also use
the tracks. The line is the ex-Boston & Albany line now owned by Conrail.
The MBTA commuter train in question was operated by the Boston & Maine
under contract. The Big Question: how much experience did the crew have?
Were they B&M management taking over from the strikers?
.......David Marston           (...decvax!dartvax!marston)