Union Pacific

Union Pacific

Union Pacific train operators once faced a real-life "trolley problem" when 30 of its cars broke loose during a switching operation and headed at high speed without breaks toward downtown Los Angeles. They decided to derail them on a side track, destroying two homes and injuring 13 people.

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