by "excessive speed on a curve of a temporary track". Fitzsimmons continued working for the railroad, but never operated a train again. Near the derailment site, the victims are memorialized by a pair of historical markers, installed by New Jersey Transit in 2002 and by Woodbridge Township in 2013. In popular culture In the prologue to his 1976 novel Slapstick, Kurt Vonnegut references the death of his brother-in-law, James Carmalt Adams, killed in the derailment. See also List of American railroad accidents List of rail accidents (1950–1959) References Further reading External links Dziobko, John (February 7, 1951). "Pennsylvania Railroad at Woodbridge, New Jersey". Color photo of the scene the day after the accident. Interstate Commerce Commission (April 19, 1951). "Accident at Woodbridge, N.J.". Report of the accident investigation. Sesnowich, Mike H. (2009). "The Woodbridge Train Wreck". Includes dozens of documentary photos from the scene. Wreck of the Broker 70 years later on YouTube Bridge disasters in the United States Railway accidents and incidents in New Jersey Derailments in the United States Woodbridge Township, New Jersey Transportation in Middlesex County, New Jersey Accidents and incidents involving Pennsylvania Railroad Railway accidents in 1951 1951 in New Jersey February 1951 events in the United States