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Illinois's deadliest rail disaster to date widely encouraged the use of newer steel coaches over conventional wooden ones [29] 1887 Chicago and Atlantic Railway Wreck, Kouts, Indiana; 10 killed [30] 1888 Wreck at the Fat Nancy, Orange County, Virginia; nine killed plus 26 injured.
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June 30 – United Kingdom – Salisbury rail crash, Salisbury, England: A speeding express train derailed and collided with a milk train on a sharp curve killing 28 (24 passengers, 4 crew). August 13 – United States – Elizabeth, New Jersey: Four boys were killed on the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks by an Eastbound Express.
The cause of the crash was a track switch failure which caused the moving train to crash into the parked train on the same track. Thirty-one people were injured. [183] 28 September India – In Mathura, a MEMU train collided with a buffer at Mathura Junction railway station while the driver was drunk and watching his phone. The driver also put ...
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 ...
March 6 – United Kingdom – Glasgow Bellgrove rail accident, two commuter trains crashed at Bellgrove station in the East End of Glasgow, killing a passenger and a train driver. April 3 – Italy – Two cars of the train from Bari derailed and slammed against the rail at San Severo, Foggia, killing eight and injuring 20.
1970. February 1 – Argentina – Benavídez rail disaster: A Tucumán – Buenos Aires express train collided with a standing local train south of Benavídez railroad station 29 km (18 mi) north of Buenos Aires. 142 people were killed, 368 injured (though some sources state 236 killed).
Harmelen. January 8 – Netherlands – The Harmelen train disaster, the deadliest railway accident in the history of The Netherlands occurred after the Utrecht–Rotterdam express train driver misses a warning signal in fog and passed a red signal to collide nearly head-on with another passenger train from Rotterdam to Amsterdam.