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Pennsylvania Station (often abbreviated to Penn Station) was a historic railroad station in New York City that was built for, named after, and originally occupied by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). The station occupied an 8-acre (3.2 ha) plot bounded by Seventh and Eighth Avenues and 31st and 33rd Streets in Midtown Manhattan .
On February 17, 1950, two Long Island Rail Road trains collided on the Montauk Branch just west of Rockville Centre station in Rockville Centre, New York, killing 32 and injuring several dozen more. At the time, it was the deadliest collision in the railroad's history until the Kew Gardens train crash later that year.
Casualties include 36 killed and 51 injured. On October 31, the Soviet government sentences to death the station master whose negligence caused the accident. Three others also sharing responsibility receive prison terms. [20] December 14 – Switzerland – A collision in the Gutsch Tunnel on the Zug–Lucerne railway kills at least six people ...
Led to a realignment to reduce the angle of the curve, which required diverting the Mohawk River farther south and filling in the old channel [127] [128] 1940 Doodlebug disaster, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; 43 killed [129] [130] 1942 Exchange Place station (PATH) derailment, Jersey City, New Jersey; 5 killed plus hundreds injured [131]
A man was found with burn injuries on his body inside Penn station, according to police.. Around 8.20 p.m. on Friday, officials responded to reports of a man inside the Manhattan train station ...
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) police were notified on Friday, Dec. 27, around 8:10 p.m. local time that a man was ablaze inside of the bustling New York City railroad station, a ...
The Malbone Street wreck occurred on Friday, November 1, 1918, at 6:42 p.m., during the end-of-week rush hour, and involved about 650 passengers. [1] The elevated train, consisting of five cars constructed primarily of wood, entered the tunnel portal beneath Malbone Street, going toward the Prospect Park station, [2] [3] negotiating a reverse curve designated to be taken at 6 mph (10 km/h) at ...
A series of fires in the Bronx have knocked out power for trains in the area, disrupting travel between New York Penn Station and New Haven, Connecticut -- and suspending Amtrak service in both ...