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The Big Bayou Canot train disaster of September 22, 1993 is the worst train wreck in the history of Amtrak.
This wreck occurred after a CSX bridge over the Big Bayou Canot was struck at approximately 2:45 AM by a barge being pushed by the towboat Mauvilla, whose pilot had become disoriented in heavy fog. The collision forced the bridge approximately three feet out of alignment and severely kinked the track.
At approximately 2:53 AM, Amtrak's Sunset Limited train, en route from Los Angeles, California to Miami, Florida with 220 passengers and crew aboard, crossed the bridge at high speed and derailed at the kink. Forty-seven people aboard the train were killed. Image Links (Opens a new window):
Note: The misalignment in the Google Maps image is a seam in the image mosiac, not from bridge damage.
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