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April 27 – United States – Union Pacific Big Boy 4005 jumps at a switch track at 50 mph (80 km/h) and derails in southern Wyoming. June 24 – French Indochina – Col des Nuages derailment: "About 100 or more" people are killed when a passenger train plunges 15 m (50 feet) through a sabotaged viaduct.
1876 Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster, Ashtabula/Edgewood, Ohio; 92 killed plus 64 injured. The deadliest U.S. rail disaster of the 19th century--also Ohio's deadliest to date--led to changes in bridge construction code, the replacement of coal and wood stoves with steam heat in coaches, and mandatory federal investigation of all U.S. rail ...
The train derailment in Lockland, near Wyoming, is the ninth to occur in Ohio in 2024. Its cause remains under investigation Derailed train between Wyoming, Lockland carried hazardous materials
June 28, 2004 – A westbound Union Pacific Railroad freight train collides with the middle of an eastbound BNSF freight that was entering a siding at Macdona, Texas. Several cars on both trains and the four UP locomotives were derailed; one of the derailed tank cars was punctured, releasing liquefied chlorine which vaporized into a cloud ...
The area where a train derailed at the Wyoming-Lockland border Saturday night has been deemed safe.. A Wyoming city alert, sent via text message at 9:07 a.m. Sunday, said the tracks remain a work ...
April 19 – India – Sabotaged track derailed a passenger train at Siliguri, killing 23 people and injuring 77, 28 seriously. [15] May 22 – United States – Arlington, Oregon: A Union Pacific freight train derailed, killing two people, sending twenty rail cars off the track, and catching on fire. [25]
August 21 – United States – near Sweetwater County, Wyoming: The Mail Express Number 6 was eastbound at the time of the accident and had passed through Rock Springs at 2:07 a.m. The train was due to arrive in Rawlins at 2:55 a.m. but had derailed about 2:20 a.m. The train derailment occurred about a mile (1600 m) west of the Thayer junction.
Ohio train derailment: What chemicals were spilled and how toxic are they? Wednesday 15 February 2023 17:00 , Bevan Hurley Some 50 cars derailed from a Norfolk Southern freight train on 3rd February.