1995 Palo Verde, Arizona, derailment
| Palo Verde derailment | |
|---|---|
| Location | Palo Verde, Arizona |
| Date | October 9, 1995 |
| Target | Amtrak Sunset Limited |
Attack type | Train derailment caused by sabotage |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Injured | 78 |
| Perpetrators | Unknown |
| Motive | Retaliation for the Waco Siege |
The 1995 Palo Verde derailment took place on October 9, 1995, when Amtrak's Sunset Limited was derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona on Southern Pacific Railroad tracks. Two locomotives, Amtrak GE P32-8BWH #511 leading and EMD F40PHR #398 trailing, and eight of twelve cars derailed, four of them falling 30 feet (9 m) off a trestle bridge into a dry river bed. Mitchell Bates, a sleeping car attendant, was killed. Seventy-eight people were injured, 12 of them seriously and 25 were hospitalized.