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1856 Great Train Wreck of 1856, Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania; 60+ killed plus 100+ injured. Encouraged busier railroads in the Eastern U.S. to double track lines; also led to mandatory use of telegraph in cases of delays [9] 1859 South Bend train wreck, Mishawaka/South Bend, Indiana; 42 killed plus 50 injured [10] [11]
September 13 – Yugoslavia – Stalać rail crash: A head-on collision of freight and passenger trains at Stalać (now in Serbia), when a goods train violated signals, possibly because the driver was asleep, and crashed into a passenger train bound for Skopje, killing at least 60 people.
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Henderson, Ky. (WEHT) – Kentucky State Police say a woman lost her life after her vehicle collided with a train near Madisonville. KSP says it happened Thursday afternoon on KY-70 in Muhlenberg ...
The rail-over-rail bridge being dismantled December 4 – United Kingdom – Lewisham rail crash: A steam train passes a red signal in the fog and ploughs into the back of an electric train. The crash also destroys a support column of a railway bridge, causing parts of the bridge to collapse onto the wreck; fortunately, a train approaching the ...
Anger grows as 100 bodies from Odisha train crash remain unclaimed. Monday 5 June 2023 18:35, Sam Rkaina. It has been more than three days since India witnessed one of the deadliest train crashes ...
On February 6, 1951, a Pennsylvania Railroad train derailed on a temporary wooden trestle in Woodbridge, New Jersey, United States, killing 85 passengers. It remains New Jersey's deadliest train wreck, the deadliest U.S. derailment since 1918 and the deadliest peacetime rail disaster in U.S. history.
The train derailed due to excessive speed on a curve and collided with an MBTA Commuter Rail train at Back Bay station. RAR-92-01: July 31, 1991 Silver Star: Lugoff, South Carolina: Derailment 8 77 The train derailed due to a set of switch points moving under the train. RAR-93-02: April 29, 1992 Colonial: Newport News, Virginia: Grade crossing 1 54