#TrainWreck December 23

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In December 2025, many of us will take part in the 30-Day Rewind Coach4aday Challenge. Each day, we’ll rewind, review, reflect or—in my case—re-blog one of my nearly 4,000 posts that highlight experiences shaping us into better versions of ourselves. If you don’t have a blog, your reflections can come from a journal or even a meaningful memory tied to something learned, a goal reached, or a personal effort to improve. These daily habits of looking back will serve as a powerful springboard for taking on a new and ambitious challenge in 2026. Today my rewind is on North Carolina’s Deadliest TRAIN WRECK.

In 1943 in Robeson County the deadliest train wreck in North Carolina history took place. It happened on December 16, 1943, near the overhead bridge on NC 211 close to Buie and Rennert. The blog post on December 24, 2016, provided more details.

Rewind-30 Day Challenge Guidelines

As with previous challenges, participants are encouraged to adapt the guidelines to fit their own circumstances. If you can, commit to sharing a rewind, review, or reflection during the month of December

1. Rewind, review, or reflect on a past effort to improve, a lesson you learned, or a goal you accomplished.
2. Share with a challenge partner if you have one.
3. Join the conversation by posting on social media with the hashtag #Coach4adayChallenge

December 23rd-Train Wreck

If you drive to one of the beaches in Brunswick County and live in Central NC there exists, the possibility you have traveled on NC 211 between Red Springs and Lumberton NC. If going east on 211 you cross over the railroad tracks and that was the approximate site of a train wreck that killed 72 people.

Here is a link to what has been called the Rennert Train Wreck