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The Helena Train Wreck occurred in the early morning on February 2, 1989, in Helena, Montana, United States, when 49 [1] cars of a Montana Rail Link freight train that had been decoupled from their locomotives by a train crew on Mullan Pass rolled backwards down the pass, traveling nine miles back into the city of Helena and colliding with a work train at a railway crossing near the center of ...
2 39 The train struck a backhoe being used for track work. RAR-17-02: June 27, 2017 Northeast Regional: Washington, D.C. Employee collision 2 0 The train struck two CSX workers walking along their train. RAB-19-01: December 18, 2017: Amtrak Cascades: DuPont, Washington: Derailment 3 65 The train derailed due to excessive speed on a curve. RAR ...
The engineer detected an anomalous vibration and reduced speed to 200 km/h (120 mph), before resuming full speed a short time afterwards. At 1754 local time as the trainset passed 290 km/h (180 mph) near the village of Croisilles, 14 km (8.7 mi) south of Arras , at the level of the track switch for the branch line to Arras, a transmission ...
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]
Two Union Pacific crew members were killed early Thursday when their train crashed into freight cars parked on a railway siding. Above, a Union Pacific train in Nebraska in 2018.
The Yellowstone River bridge collapse was a train derailment that occurred on June 24, 2023, near Columbus, Montana, United States. A bridge that crosses the Yellowstone River collapsed, causing several cars of a freight train carrying hazardous materials to fall into the water below. The incident resulted in environmental concerns and internet ...
At 3:56 p.m., [2] while traveling just under the speed limit of 79 mph, the eight rear cars derailed near the town of Joplin, Montana, located 150 miles (240 km) northeast of Helena. [ 8 ] The rear four cars (a Sightseer Lounge , two coaches and a sleeper), all destined for Portland, tipped over after derailing.
The reason for the high speed of the #27 was unknown, but it ultimately contributed to the head-on collision of the two trains, as the Empire Builder was unable to side before being struck by the fast-approaching Western Star. [1]: 2–3 The ensuing wreck that occurred at 11:08 AM caused the death of the two train engineers and 77 injuries.