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The train involved in the accident was the second southbound Hudson Line train of the day, leaving Poughkeepsie, the line's northern terminus, at its scheduled departure time of 5:54 a.m. EST. [2] It was powered by a GE P32AC-DM locomotive, [3] capable of running on either diesel fuel or electricity from a third rail.
1967 New York City freight train collision: rail 6 [143] 1962 Queens soap plant fire: fire 6 [92]: 109 1943 Harlem riot of 1943: mass unrest 6 [144] 1912 Equitable Life Building fire: fire 6 [145] 1891 1891 New York City train collision: rail 6 [146] 2018 2018 New York City helicopter crash: aircraft 5 [147] 1991 Union Square derailment: rail 5 ...
The West Side Yard (officially the John D. Caemmerer West Side Yard) is a rail yard of 30 tracks owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on the west side of Manhattan in New York City. Used to store commuter rail trains operated by the subsidiary Long Island Rail Road , the 26.17-acre (10.59 ha) yard sits between West 30th Street ...
Railway accidents and incidents in New York City (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Railway accidents and incidents in New York (state)" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
1918 Malbone Street Wreck, New York City; 95-100 killed plus 100+ injured. Remains the deadliest rail disaster in the History of New York state and the New York City Subway [100] [101] 1919 New York Central collision, Byron, New York; 22 killed [102] [103] 1919 Onawa train wreck, Onawa, Maine; 23 killed plus 50 injured.
For census purposes, the New York City government classifies Hudson Yards as part of a larger neighborhood tabulation area called Hudson Yards-Chelsea-Flat Iron-Union Square. [150] Based on data from the 2010 United States Census , the population of Hudson Yards-Chelsea-Flat Iron-Union Square was 70,150, a change of 14,311 (20.4%) from the ...
1882 Spuyten Duyvil train wreck; 1953 New York Central Railroad accident; 1967 New York City freight train collision; B. Blossvale crash of 1907; G.
On the evening of January 13, 1882, a southbound New York Central passenger train crashed into the rear of another one stopped on the tracks along Spuyten Duyvil Creek in the similarly named neighborhood of the New York City borough of The Bronx. Eight people were killed, and 19 seriously injured, by the crash and fires afterwards, fires that ...