On this day, January 4, 1987, Amtrak's northbound Colonial wrecked in Chase, Maryland.

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1. I remember that day well.

I was on the scene that night into the next morning. At the time I worked out of Bayview and I knew the train crew members. I still get goosebumps recalling the devastation that I saw. I had worked on the railroad for 12 years at the time and had never seen anything that compared to that carnage. There were a few good things that came about as a result of that wreck, as you said - random drug testing and the installation of Locomotive Speed Limiters (LSL) on freight locomotives. About 15 years later, using some pics I took that day, I made a PowerPoint presentation that was distributed to different Safety Committees throughout the former CR territory that stressed what the aftermath of non-compliance with Signal rules looks like. That was terrible day for the industry and for those who lost loved ones.