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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]
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The Great Train Wreck of 1918 occurred on July 9, 1918, in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Two passenger trains, operated by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway ("NC&StL"), collided head-on , costing at least 101 lives and injuring an additional 171.
A train accident or train wreck is a type of disaster involving two or more trains. Train wrecks often occur as a result of miscommunication , as when a moving train meets another train on the same track, when the wheels of train come off the track or when a boiler explosion occurs.
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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
Esmond Train Wreck January 28 – United States – Esmond Train Wreck – 14 people, including the engineers of both trains, were killed when the Benson, Arizona-bound Crescent City Express (No. 8) collided head-on at 3:30 am with the Tucson, Arizona-bound Pacific Coast Express (No. 7) due to a communication error
The Montparnasse derailment occurred at 16:00 on 22 October 1895 when the Granville–Paris Express overran the buffer stop at its Gare Montparnasse terminus. With the train several minutes late and the driver trying to make up for lost time, it approached the station too fast and the driver's application of the train air brake was ineffective.