coal car
- n freight car with fixed sides and no roof; for transporting coal
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- Sun kink likely caused deadly Illinois derailment
CHICAGO (AP) — Triple-digit temperatures likely bent a kink into a section of rail and caused an accident in which more than two dozen coal cars flew off the tracks on a northern Illinois overpass and crashed down on a car, killing the couple inside, investigators said.
July 24, 2013 - Beloit Daily News - Triple-digit temps, kink likely caused deadly Illinois derailment
Triple-digit temperatures likely bent a kink into a section of rail and caused an accident in which more than two dozen coal cars flew off the tracks on a northern Illinois overpass and crashed down on a car, killing the couple inside, investigators said.
July 23, 2013 - Peoria Journal Star - Northbrook train derailment that killed 2 caused by excessive heat, report says
Triple-digit temperatures likely bent a kink into a section of rail and caused an accident in which more than two dozen coal cars flew off the tracks on a northern Illinois overpass and crashed down on a car, killing the couple inside, investigators said.
July 23, 2013 - ABC 7 Chicago