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Runaway Train Plows Through Union Station

Runaway Train Plows Through Union Station

At 8:38 am on January 15th, 1953, a man ran out of onto the Union Station concourse screaming “run for your lives!” 20 seconds later the building shook as a runaway 1,100 ton passenger train smashed through the north wall and collapsed the through the floor into the basement.