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  2. Train wreck - Wikipedia

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    Versailles rail accident in 1842, 57 people were killed including the French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville. Montparnasse derailment with one fatality at Gare Montparnasse in Paris, 1895 Wheels from Engine Tender#013 which was destroyed in a wreck in 1907 on a bridge over Village Creek between Silsbee and Beaumont, Texas.

  3. List of American railroad accidents - Wikipedia

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    1863 Chunky Creek Train Wreck, Hickory, Mississippi; ~75 killed plus ~25 injured.All but one of the dead were Confederate reinforcements headed for Vicksburg, with the disaster--Mississippi's deadliest rail disaster to date--further hindering the city's defenses against Union forces [12]

  4. Runaway train - Wikipedia

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    A runaway train is a type of railroad incident in which unattended rolling stock is accidentally allowed to roll onto the main line, a moving train loses enough braking power to be unable to stop in safety, or a train operates at unsafe speeds due to loss of operator control.

  5. Derailment - Wikipedia

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    The first recorded train derailment in history is known as the Hightstown rail accident in New Jersey that occurred on 8 November 1833. The train was traveling between Hightstown and Spotswood, New Jersey, and derailed after an axle broke on one of the carriages as a result of a journal box catching fire.

  6. Great Train Wreck of 1856 - Wikipedia

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    An excursion train operated by the North Pennsylvania Railroad, known as the "Picnic Special," had been contracted by St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia's Kensington section to send their Sunday School children on a picnic in Shaeff's Woods, a sprawling grove near the railroad's Wissahickon (present-day Ambler) station. [1]

  7. Trainwreck - Wikipedia

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  8. The 75 Best Rom-Coms of All Time (for Real Though) - AOL

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    Trainwreck Shop Now With Amy Schumer writing and Judd Apatow directing, this film perfectly captures the butterflies and dangers of taking things to the next level, i.e., beyond the morning walk ...

  9. New Market train wreck - Wikipedia

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    The trains met on New Market Hill at 10:18 am; the special managed to gather speed on the upgrade and was traveling at 60 mph (97 km/h); the local on the downgrade was trying to make up lost time and attained 70 mph (110 km/h); when they saw each other the emergency brakes were applied but the trains collided at a combined speed of over 100 mph (160 km/h) (though a contemporary source says 70 ...