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Long Journey Back is a 1978 made-for-TV coming-of-age drama film based on the Gilchrest Road, New York crossing accident in which a Nyack High School bus was struck and sliced down the middle by a train, killing 5 people and injuring more than 40 others.
The train engineer saw the bus cross the tracks and immediately applied the brakes. However, the train's momentum carried it through the crossing, where it collided with the bus. The freight train ripped through the school bus, severing it into two sections, with the front half coming to rest a quarter mile (1,116 ft) down the tracks.
March 24 – United States – Gilchrest Road, New York crossing accident: a school bus was struck by a freight train at a level crossing in Rockland County, New York, near the New York City suburbs of Congers and Valley Cottage, killing five students. The bus driver was convicted of negligent homicide and sentenced to probation; the accident ...
1 February 1964 – A train hit a bus near Paraná. 20 killed and 16 injured. [3] 10 January 1965 – Near La Plata a bus was hit by a train. Eight killed and twenty-nine injured [4] 31 October 1984 – San Justo level crossing disaster: at least 48 people died and 16 were injured when a local bus was hit by a commuter train. [5]
The border community's name is locational, being a portmanteau of the "Tenn." and "Ga." state abbreviations. [1]On March 28, 2000, Tennga was the site of a collision between Murray County School District school bus number 98-08 and a 33-car southbound CSX freight train led by GE C40-8 7580, which resulted in the deaths of three children at a railroad crossing. [2]
The Ghost Train: 1941: The Girl on the Train: 2016: Go West (Marx Bros.) 1940: GoldenEye: 1995: The Great K & A Train Robbery: 1926: The Great Locomotive Chase: 1956 [2] Walt Disney Pictures: The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery: 1966: The Great Train Robbery: 1903: The Greatest Show on Earth: 1952: The Grey Fox: 1982: Grifters: 1990: The ...
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The school bus involved in the accident was a 71-passenger school bus built by American Transportation Company (which was acquired by Navistar International at the time of the accident), and was owned and operated by School Districts 47 and 155 through a Transportation Joint Agreement. At the time of the accident, 35 students were on board.