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February 5 – United States – 1887 Hartford Railroad Disaster: On the Vermont Central Railroad, in very cold weather, a rail broke under the Montreal Express train as it approached the 650-foot (200-metre) bridge over the White River. The derailed car pulled four others off the bridge and they crashed to the ground upside-down 42 ft (13 m ...
1833 Hightstown rail accident, Hightstown, New Jersey; two killed plus 15 injured. Earliest recorded train accident involving the death of passengers. [1] [2] 1837 Suffolk head-on collision, Suffolk, Virginia; 3 killed plus dozens injured. Later in the year, a second accident resulted in ten injuries, with two of them ultimately dying. [3]
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The Vermont Central Railroad operated the Montreal Express, which consisted of one baggage and express car combined, one mail and smoker car combined, two ordinary passenger cars, and two Pullman sleeping cars—the "Pilgrim" and the "St. Albans.” [2] The train was estimated to be carrying between 85 and 90 passengers on the night of the ...
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A History of Railroad Accidents, Safety Precautions and Operating Practices. LCCN 78104064. Shepard, W. A. (1857). Full Details of the Railway Disaster of the 12th of March, 1857, at the Desjardin Canal on the Line of the Great Western Railway. W.A. Shepard. Trevena, Arthur (1980). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 1. Redruth: Atlantic Books. ISBN 0 ...
May 1 – Russia – A military train derailed 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north of Puka, Governorate of Livonia. 58 people were killed and 44 injured in the accident. [43] 1897 Gentofte train crash June 11 – Denmark – Gentofte train crash, Denmark: An express train passed a signal at danger and collided with a stationary passenger train at ...