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1921 Porter Train Wreck, Porter, Indiana; 37 killed plus 100+ injured. Eventually led to the requirement of cab signaling in the U.S. [108] 1921 Bryn Athyn Train Wreck, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania; 27 killed plus 70 injured [109] 1922 Winslow Junction train derailment, Winslow Junction, New Jersey; 7 killed plus 89 injured [110]
Subsequently, he sought to produce the first nationally syndicated television show devoted to motor sports and many additional auto forums. Entitled "Car and Track", the show was carried by over 160 stations across the country and covered over 250 racing and auto events. In 1975 "Car and Track" ended its eight-year run on CBS.
The first car derails, breaks away, and falls 45 feet (14 m) into a ravine, killing 16 to 20 people. [87] October 2 - United States - Nine are injured when three coaches of the Peoria Limited of the Illinois Traction System derail on a curve at Edwardsville, Illinois, and crash into the porch of
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April 12 – United States – A head-end collision of a work train and a through freight train occurred near Pineville, Kentucky killing two. [9] [10]May 26 - United States - “Electric cars racing for a switch while running in opposite directions, at the rate of 40 miles per hour (64 km/h), cost five lives in the afternoon by a terrific collision, in which over forty prominent people were ...
Raceway Park (1938–2000) was a quarter-mile stock car race track located in Blue Island, Illinois, on 130th Street and Ashland Avenue between Western Avenue and Halsted Avenue, used for stock car races from the mid-1930s until 2000. In all advertising, it was billed as being located in Blue Island, Illinois, but was really located right ...
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving Illinois Central Railroad" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.