Tensions rise as Brunswick families await collision news
Amid a Brunswick train crash report families feared for loved ones. MARC and CSX workers, including conductor Leecher Reynolds, faced hours of anxiety as radios went quiet and lists confirmed the Capitol Limited involvement. Relatives awaited word while crews checked trains and dispatchers reassured hometown communities.
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Brunswick Area
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Oecan
Leechel Reynolds
Union Station
Capitol Limited
Journey to a straighter life ends in tangled wreckage
SILVER SPRING AP They were largely poor urban youths trained at a Jobs Corps center near Harpers Ferry West Virginia on hilly farmland by the Potomac River. Eight of the trainees were among 11 people unaccounted for and presumed dead after a commuter train crash. The center’s youths faced loss and confusion while center staff offered support and guidance as they waited for word on missing passengers.
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Potomac River
Blue Ridge Mountains
Jobs Corps Center
Harpers Ferry
W.va
Tim Fowler
Job Corps
Claude Thomas
Tragic MARC crash claims Quillen and colleagues
Jim Quillen, a longtime scout volunteer and Amtrak worker, died in a MARC train crash along with MARC engineer Richard Orr and conductor James Majors. Eight Jobs Corps workers from Harpers Ferry also perished. Neighbors and colleagues described Quillen as a devoted family man and patient Scout leader who enjoyed his job and helped at Camp Airy each August. The community mourns as funeral plans and tributes unfold.
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Washington
Mr. Quillen
Veteran CSX workers among those killed in collision
CSX officials identified the three dead as train engineer Richard Orr 43 of Glen Burnie conductor James Majors 48 of Linthicum and assistant conductor James Quillen 53 of Frederick. Orr had 25 years with CSX and Majors 26 years.
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CSX Railroad
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Amtrak Capitol Limited collision injures crew and eight trainees
Amtrak engineer D C Novell remains hospitalized after Friday collision with a MARC train. Conductor Michael French of Kearneysville West Virginia released after head injury. Eight Job Corps trainees killed: Dante Swain Baltimore age 18 Diana Hanvichid Woodbridge 17 Karis Rudder East Elmhurst 17 Lakeisha Marshall Capitol Heights 17 Michael Woodson Philadelphia 16 Claudius Kessoon Landover 20 Thomas Loatman Vienna 23 Carlos Byrd Baltimore 17.
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Timore
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Woodbridge
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Landover
Thomas Loatman
Vienna
Karis Rudder
East Elmhurst
Richard Orr
Glen Burnie
James Majors
Linthicum
James Quillen
Frederick
Diana
Union Station
Bill Hanvichid
Tragedy Strikes Job Corps Family in Capitol Limited Crash
Dante Swain an 18 year old Job Corps student from Baltimore died in the Capitol Limited wreck near Silver Spring along with nine other students and three crew members. The Harpers Ferry program helped him earn a high school equivalency and a bright future.
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Marjorie Swain
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Dante Swain
Job Corps Training Center
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W.va
Dante
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Glen Burnie MARC engineer called ideal neighbor after fatal crash
In Glen Burnie, MARC train engineer Richard Orr, 43, one of three killed when a MARC commuter train collided with an Amtrak train, was described as the best neighbor by Colleen Throckmorton. Investigators cited a signal back from the site that should have prompted slowing to 30 mph and stopping, with questions about whether Orr missed it or a malfunction occurred. Orr’s son Chris emphasized the focus on his father’s memory and family. Neighbor Tom Erskine said Orr was a hero.
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