Derailment traps passengers onboard Amtrak Auto Train for 37 hours
The overnight journey was supposed to take 17 hours 2009, Mackensen / Wikimedia Commons
An Amtrak Auto Train arrived in Florida on Wednesday following a 37-hour-long journey that was supposed to take only 17 hours. The overnight train was held up following a derailment of a freight train. Tensions ran high among passengers, with some even calling the police to claim that they were being held hostage.
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However, now for sake of rail tech: most interesting to learn about, is cause of derailment!