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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]
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
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.
New Market train Wreck. September 24 – United States – New Market train wreck, Jefferson County, Tennessee, two Southern Railway passenger trains, the Carolina Special and Local train No. 15, collided head-on near New Market, Tennessee when the crew of the three-car local failed to take the siding to allow the Carolina Special to pass.
Train wreck; Tram accident; Train-pedestrian fatalities This page was last edited on 26 July 2024, at 20:09 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
They should have just closed it,” said Bob Comer, who has investigated train crashes for more than three decades. ‘This crossing shouldn’t even exist.’ Expert says Amtrak crash site was ...
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 ...
Images posted on social media showed a mangled fire truck lying next to the train tracks. The cause of the collision remains under investigation, and the roadway where the crash occurred is closed.