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The Crash at Crush: Texas' Great Pre-arranged Train Wreck. M.A. thesis, University of Texas at Austin, May 1975. Ramos, Mary G. (1993). "The Crash at Crush". Texas Almanac. Texas State Historical Association. Archived from the original on 2006-11-19. Krystek, Lee (2005). "The Great Texas Train Crash at Crush". The Museum of Unnatural Mystery.
1973 Littlefield, Texas bus/train crash; 7 killed plus 16 injured [195] [196] 1974 Decatur tank car explosion, Decatur, Illinois; 7 killed plus hundreds injured [197] [198] 1976 1976 Beckemeyer train accident, 12 killed and four injured. 1976 New Canaan Branch collision, New Canaan, Connecticut; 2 killed plus 29 injured [186] [199]
Neither train derails, and only minor injuries to the crew and passengers of the Metrolink train are reported. [12] May 28 2002 A BNSF freight train derails east of Clarendon, Texas, along U.S. Highway 287. [13] December 21, 2008 – A BNSF train collides with a vehicle at a level crossing in Colona, Illinois. [14]
May 31 – Italy – Voghera train crash; a freight train collided with a passenger train at Voghera railway station, Lombardy, killing 63 and injuring 40. [30] June 3 – United Kingdom – Lincoln rail crash: The Night Scotsman express passenger train derailed at Lincoln due to excessive speed on a curve, killing nine people and injuring 49. [39]
January 3 – India – Ghatnandur train crash: 18 people died in a collision of two trains at Ghatnandur in Maharashtra [40] January 31 – Australia – Waterfall rail accident: The driver of a southbound passenger train suffered a heart attack and died; the train then sped out of control and derailed on a curve, overturning several cars and killing six passengers.
A small town in eastern Ohio has been rocked by a train derailment that spilled a number of hazardous chemicals into the air and ground, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate and sparking ...
The Midland train crash was a rail crossing accident that occurred on November 15, 2012 in Midland, Texas. A freight train struck a flatbed trailer being used as a parade float carrying 26 passengers (12 of them United States Armed Forces veterans who had been wounded in action), killing four and injuring 16.
June 6 - Indonesia - In West Java, a train carrying pine wood rolled over near Cukanghaur train station, killing a crew member of the train and the station master, and injuring seven people. [27] June 11 – United Kingdom – Eltham Well Hall rail crash: An excursion train took a bend at excessive speed and derailed at Eltham, London. The ...