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February 5 – United States – 1887 Hartford Railroad Disaster: On the Vermont Central Railroad, in very cold weather, a rail broke under the Montreal Express train as it approached the 650-foot (200-metre) bridge over the White River. The derailed car pulled four others off the bridge and they crashed to the ground upside-down 42 ft (13 m ...
1833 Hightstown rail accident, Hightstown, New Jersey; two killed plus 15 injured. Earliest recorded train accident involving the death of passengers. [1] [2] 1837 Suffolk head-on collision, Suffolk, Virginia; 3 killed plus dozens injured. Later in the year, a second accident resulted in ten injuries, with two of them ultimately dying. [3]
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A History of Railroad Accidents, Safety Precautions and Operating Practices. LCCN 78104064. Shepard, W. A. (1857). Full Details of the Railway Disaster of the 12th of March, 1857, at the Desjardin Canal on the Line of the Great Western Railway. W.A. Shepard. Trevena, Arthur (1980). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 1. Redruth: Atlantic Books. ISBN 0 ...
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As railroads expanded after the Civil War, so too did the rate of accidents among railroad personnel, especially brakemen. Many accidents were associated with the coupling and uncoupling of railroad cars, and the operation of manually operated brakes (hand brakes). The rise in accidents led to calls for safety legislation, as early as the 1870s.