Template:Did you know nominations/1996 Silver Spring, Maryland, train collision

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The result was: promoted by HalfGig talk 03:30, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

1996 Silver Spring, Maryland, train collision

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• ... that the 1996 Maryland train collision led to the creation of the first comprehensive federal rules for passenger car design in the United States?

• ALT1: ... that the 1996 train collision in Silver Spring, Maryland, led to the creation of the first comprehensive federal rules for passenger car design in the United States?
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Improved to Good Article status by Mackensen (talk). Self nominated at 01:24, 10 November 2014 (UTC).

• I cleaned up article name for you and added ALT1. --George Ho (talk) 15:08, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Length and history verified; paywalled ref accepted AGF. I much prefer the more natural wording of ALT1. Daniel Case (talk) 18:19, 18 December 2014 (UTC)