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Seconds from Disaster•Season 1•Episode 6

Wreck of the Sunset Limited (The Wreck of the Sunset Limited)

7.0/10 · 53 votesNov 4, 200547 min

Ranked #10 of 13 in Season 1•−0.4 vs season avg

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September 1993. The captain of a towboat unwittingly causes the collapse of a bridge over the Big Bayou Canot. When an Amtrak train comes along, it derails with 47 lives lost. Why was such a hideous mistake made? How could it have been prevented? Could

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Season 1 Episodes13

E1 7.8

Concorde (Crash of the Concorde)

Tunnel Inferno

Oklahoma City (Bomb in Oklahoma)

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E4 7.4

Fire On the Star (Fire Onboard the Star)

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E5 7.8

Derailment at Eschede (High Speed Train Wreck)

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E6 7.0Now viewing

Wreck of the Sunset Limited (The Wreck of the Sunset Limited)

E7 7.1

Meltdown in Chernobyl

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E8 7.2

Inferno at Guadalajara

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E9 7.6

Fire on the Ski Slope

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E10 7.0

Explosion in the North Sea

Flood at Stava Dam

Collision on the Runway

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E13 6.9

Pentagon 9/11

Cast2

Richard Vaughn

Narrator

Ashton Smith

Narrator (US)

Crew1

Jennifer Apostol

Executive Producer

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Episode Summary

"Wreck of the Sunset Limited (The Wreck of the Sunset Limited)" is episode 6 of Seconds from Disaster season 1. It scored 7.0/10 from 53 votes, ranking #10 of 13 episodes this season (season average 7.4). It aired on November 4, 2005.

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