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Episode 259: The Big Bayou Canot rail disaster

Oct 31, 2025
54 mins

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Episode Description

In the early morning hours of September 22nd, 1993, a cross-country train departed from Mobile, Alabama, on its way to Miami. As it headed up along the train tracks out of the city, the train didn't know one important thing - that half of the bridge over the Big Bayou Canot wasn't there anymore.

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