[fa.railroad] train crash in Emerson, Iowa

C70:railroad (06/22/82)

>From MSM@MIT-MC Tue Jun 22 15:27:36 1982
    Date: 16 June 1982 14:20-EDT
    From: David A. Moon <MOON at MIT-MC>

    It's very unusual for a passenger to be killed in a train wreck.
    Can anyone remember the last time this happened?

According to a friend of mine, Amtrak has had only 16 fatalities in its
entire 11 year history.  If you compare that with the domestic air and road
transportation industries and I think you will find that rail seems to be the
safest mode.

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