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The San Bernardino train disaster (sometimes known as the Duffy Street incident), was a combination of two separate but related incidents that occurred in San Bernardino, California, United States: a runaway train derailment on May 12, 1989; and the subsequent failure on May 25, 1989, of the Calnev Pipeline, a petroleum pipeline adjacent to the ...
67-car Burlington Northern coal train runaway [20] May 12th, 1989 San Bernardino train disaster: California, United States Train weight miscalculated and several locomotives with defective dynamic brakes. A 6-engine (4 in front, 2 in rear) freight train carrying 69 loaded hopper cars lost control coming over Cajon Pass near San Bernardino ...
May 12 – United States – San Bernardino train disaster: A Southern Pacific Railroad freight train with insufficient working brakes ran away descending the steep Cajon Pass and derailed into houses on Duffy Street in San Bernardino, California, killing two crew members and two children and destroying seven houses. A high-pressure fuel ...
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1989 San Bernardino train disaster, San Bernardino, California; 6 killed plus 7 injured [219] [220] 1990s. 1990 Market–Frankford Line subway derailment ...
The $20-million, 108-passenger train — the Zero Emission Multiple Unit, or ZEMU — is North America's first self-powered, zero-emission passenger train to meet Federal Railroad Administration ...
The extension's approval represents a significant step in making California's high-speed bullet train between L.A. and San Francisco a reality.
On 12 May 1989, a Southern Pacific train carrying trona derailed in San Bernardino, California. The train failed to slow while descending a nearby slope, and sped up to about 110 miles per hour (180 km/h) before derailing, causing the San Bernardino train disaster. The crash destroyed 7 homes along Duffy Street and killed 2 train workers and 2 ...