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The Cornfield Meet: Transportation Disasters
By Michele, Andy, MelHistory
The Cornfield Meet: Transportation Disasters episodes
- Episode 070.2: (Water) The Edmund Fitzgerald - Part 2Part 2 of 2.SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew of 29 men. When launched on June 7, 1958, she was the largest ship on North America's Great Lakes, and she remains the largest to have sunk there. She was located in deep water on November 14, 1975 by a U.S. Navy aircraft detecting magnetic anomalies, and found soon afterwards to be in two large pieces.This episode of The Cornfield Meet: Transportation Disasters podcast is brought to you by Michele Sargent and Mel Bee.Email: [email protected]Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/thecornfieldmeetFacebook: http://facebook.com/thecornfieldmeetTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/cornfieldmeetInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/thecornfieldmeetPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecornfieldmeet© Theme music created by Michele Sargent1 hr 34 min
- Episode 069.2: (Rail) The Angola Horror - Part 2The Angola Horror train wreck occurred on December 18, 1867, just after 3 PM when the last coach of the Buffalo-bound New York Express of the Lake Shore Railway derailed at a bridge, slid down into a gorge and caught fire in Angola, New York, killing approximately 49 people. At the time, it was one of the deadliest train wrecks in American history. Part 2 of 2.This episode of The Cornfield Meet: Transportation Disasters podcast is brought to you by Michele Sargent.Email: [email protected]Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/thecornfieldmeetFacebook: http://facebook.com/thecornfieldmeetTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/cornfieldmeetInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/thecornfieldmeetPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecornfieldmeet© Theme music created by Michele Sargent52 min
- Episode 069.1: (Rail) The Angola Horror - Part 1Part 1 of 2.The Angola Horror train wreck occurred on December 18, 1867, just after 3 PM when the last coach of the Buffalo-bound New York Express of the Lake Shore Railway derailed at a bridge, slid down into a gorge and caught fire in Angola, New York, killing approximately 49 people. At the time, it was one of the deadliest train wrecks in American history.This episode of The Cornfield Meet: Transportation Disasters podcast is brought to you by Michele and Andy Sargent (aka Sargent Signals).Email: [email protected]Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/thecornfieldmeetFacebook: http://facebook.com/thecornfieldmeetTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/cornfieldmeetInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/thecornfieldmeetPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecornfieldmeet© Theme music created by Michele Sargent1 hr 31 min
- Episode 067.2: (Road) The Silver Bridge - Part 2Part 2 of 2.The Silver Bridge was an eyebar-chain suspension bridge built in 1928 and named for the color of its aluminum paint. The bridge carried U.S. Route 35 over the Ohio River, connecting West Virginia and Ohio.On December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed under the weight of rush-hour traffic, resulting in the deaths of 46 people. Two were never found. The cause of the collapse was the failure of a single eyebar in a suspension chain, due to a small defect 0.1 inches (2.5 mm) deep.This episode of The Cornfield Meet: Transportation Disasters podcast is brought to you by Michele Sargent and Mel Bee.Email: [email protected]Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/thecornfieldmeetFacebook: http://facebook.com/thecornfieldmeetTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/cornfieldmeetInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/thecornfieldmeetPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecornfieldmeet© Theme music created by Michele Sargent1 hr 9 min
- Episode 067.1: (Road) The Silver Bridge - Part 1Part 1 of 2.The Silver Bridge was an eyebar-chain suspension bridge built in 1928 and named for the color of its aluminum paint. The bridge carried U.S. Route 35 over the Ohio River, connecting West Virginia and Ohio.On December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed under the weight of rush-hour traffic, resulting in the deaths of 46 people. Two were never found. The cause of the collapse was the failure of a single eyebar in a suspension chain, due to a small defect 0.1 inches (2.5 mm) deep.This episode of The Cornfield Meet: Transportation Disasters podcast is brought to you by Michele Sargent and Mel Bee.Email: [email protected]Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/thecornfieldmeetFacebook: http://facebook.com/thecornfieldmeetTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/cornfieldmeetInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/thecornfieldmeetPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecornfieldmeet© Theme music created by Michele Sargent53 min
- Episode 066.2: (Rail) *REMAKE* The Ashtabula Horror - Part 2Part 2 of 2.The Ashtabula Horror was the failure of a bridge over the Ashtabula River near the town of Ashtabula, Ohio, in the United States on December 29, 1876. A train of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway carrying about 160 passengers passed over the bridge as it failed. All but the lead locomotive plunged into the river. The train's oil lanterns and coal-fired heating stoves set the wooden cars alight. Rescuers pulled individuals from the wreck rather than extinguish the fire, and many who survived the crash burned to death. The accident killed approximately 92 people.This episode of The Cornfield Meet: Transportation Disasters podcast is brought to you by Michele and Andy Sargent (aka Sargent Signals).Email: [email protected]Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/thecornfieldmeetFacebook: http://facebook.com/thecornfieldmeetTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/cornfieldmeetInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/thecornfieldmeetPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecornfieldmeet© Theme music created by Michele Sargent1 hr 6 min
- Episode 065: (Air) TACA Flight 110 MiraclesodeTACA Flight 110 was an international scheduled airline flight operated by TACA Airlines, traveling from Belize to New Orleans. On May 24, 1988, the Boeing 737-300 lost power in both engines, but its pilots made a successful deadstick landing on a grass levee adjacent to NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility, with no one aboard sustaining more than minor injuries, and with only minor damage to the aircraft. After engine replacement, the aircraft was able to take off from a road which had previously been an aircraft runway at Michoud. The aircraft was subsequently repaired and returned to service.This episode of The Cornfield Meet: Transportation Disasters podcast is brought to you by Michele Sargent and Mel Bee.Email: [email protected]Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/thecornfieldmeetFacebook: http://facebook.com/thecornfieldmeetTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/cornfieldmeetInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/thecornfieldmeetPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecornfieldmeet© Theme music created by Michele Sargent1 hr 42 min
- Episode 064.2: (Air) Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 Mystery - Part 2Part 2 of 2Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 was a scheduled international flight from Paraguay to the United States. On January 1, 1985, while descending towards La Paz, Bolivia, for a scheduled stopover, the jetliner struck Mount Illimani at an altitude of 19,600 feet (6,000 m), killing all 29 people on board.The wreckage was scattered over a large area of a glacier covered with snow. Over the decades, several search expeditions were only able to recover a small amount of debris, and searches for the flight recorders were unsuccessful. The accident remains the highest-altitude controlled flight into terrain in commercial aviation history and the mystery of why it happened as well as where the bodies went, continue to this day.This episode of The Cornfield Meet: Transportation Disasters podcast is brought to you by Michele Sargent and Mel Bee.Email: [email protected]Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/thecornfieldmeetFacebook: http://facebook.com/thecornfieldmeetTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/cornfieldmeetInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/thecornfieldmeetPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecornfieldmeet© Theme music created by Michele Sargent1 hr 17 min
- Episode 064.1: (Air) Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 Mystery - Part 1Part 1 of 2Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 was a scheduled international flight from Paraguay to the United States. On January 1, 1985, while descending towards La Paz, Bolivia, for a scheduled stopover, the jetliner struck Mount Illimani at an altitude of 19,600 feet (6,000 m), killing all 29 people on board.The wreckage was scattered over a large area of a glacier covered with snow. Over the decades, several search expeditions were only able to recover a small amount of debris, and searches for the flight recorders were unsuccessful. The accident remains the highest-altitude controlled flight into terrain in commercial aviation history and the mystery of why it happened as well as where the bodies went, continue to this day.This episode of The Cornfield Meet: Transportation Disasters podcast is brought to you by Michele Sargent and Mel Bee.Email: [email protected]Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/thecornfieldmeetFacebook: http://facebook.com/thecornfieldmeetTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/cornfieldmeetInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/thecornfieldmeetPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecornfieldmeet© Theme music created by Michele Sargent41 min
- Episode 063: (Rail) In The News II - UncutAndy and Michele discuss what is the latest in the news with rail disasters which include things such as . Listen to them talk over these events with their own spin of ideas and sometimes humor!This episode of The Cornfield Meet: Transportation Disasters podcast is brought to you by Michele and Andy Sargent (aka Sargent Signals).Email: [email protected]Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/thecornfieldmeetFacebook: http://facebook.com/thecornfieldmeetTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/cornfieldmeetInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/thecornfieldmeetPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecornfieldmeet© Theme music created by Michele Sargent1 hr 43 min
About The Cornfield Meet: Transportation Disasters
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Transportation disasters occurred every day across the world. Most disasters are learned from which makes travel safer for everyone today. We tell the story of these disasters so they will not be forgotten.
A "cornfield meet" is an old term used where two steam trains collide head-on in a field out in the country. We use this term to represent the meeting of transportation with a disaster.
Climb aboard with your host Michele Sargent and co-hosts Andy Sargent (Sargent Signals) or Mel Bee as they take you through the history of accidents in transportation (rail, air, water, and road) on this weekly podcast!
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