TS Rail Disasters Spinoff: Short Fuse on Long Island (1999 Mineola train crash)

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Episode 6: Short Fuse on Long Island
On Auguest 5, 1999, an eastbound LIRR commuter train bound for Ronkonkoma, NY derails catastrophically killing 38 and injuring 150 more. A short fuse on the RR's electircal source is found to be the cause, but how?