25 years later, Sunset Limited mystery still unsolved

(Source: SanTan Sun News, September 25, 2020)

PHOENIX — Someone pulled 29 spikes that bound the rails to the wooden ties. They shoved one of the rails out of alignment and propped it in place with a metal bar. And they bypassed the alarm wires that run along the tracks so the engineers on the train could not know what lay ahead. The Sunset Limited, traveling about 50 mph, rolled into the sabotaged section of track sometime after 1 a.m. on Oct. 9, 1995.

Full story: SanTan Sun News

Monday, September 28, 2020