The Great Union Station Train Wreck of 1953
John Nieveen
January 2, 2020
John Nieveen
The Great Union Station Train Wreck of 1953
The “Federal Express” Train #173 left Boston late in the evening of January 14, 1953, with passengers headed to Washington, DC, for Dwight D. Eisenhower’s first inauguration.
All went well for the first hour until a faulty brake caused a