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On October 5, 1999, in morning rush hour two trains – an InterCity 125 High Speed Train and a Class 165 Thames Turbo commuter train – collide at Ladbroke Grove junction near London's Paddington station after the driver of the Thames Turbo fails to stop his train at a red signal. The trains collided at a combined speed of 130 m.p.h ...
The train had also overshot the correct stopping position at an earlier stop at Itami Station with more than 3 carriages, requiring him to back up the train, and resulting in a 90-second delay, [1] about four minutes before the disaster. [2] By the time the train passed Tsukaguchi Station at a speed of 120 km/h (75 mph), the delay had been ...
Seconds from Disaster is a US/UK-produced documentary television programme that investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters from the 20th and early 21st centuries. Each episode aims to explain a single incident by analyzing the causes and circumstances that ultimately affected the disaster.
Sketch of the accident site. The San Bernardino train disaster (sometimes known as the Duffy Street incident), was a combination of two separate but related incidents that occurred in San Bernardino, California, United States: a runaway train derailment on May 12, 1989; and the subsequent failure on May 25, 1989, of the Calnev Pipeline, a petroleum pipeline adjacent to the tracks which was ...
Once the runaway had slowed to 12 miles per hour (19 km/h), CSX trainmaster Jon Hosfeld ran alongside the train, climbed aboard, and shut down the engine. The train was stopped at the Ohio State Route 31 crossing, just southeast of Kenton, Ohio, before reaching locomotive #6008. All the brake shoes on #8888 had been completely burned off by the ...
The Peoria Rivermen launched a dramatic comeback with three goals in 1:18 late in the final period to eliminate Evansville and go to the SPHL Finals.
A young girl in Sydney, Australia, came very close to getting hit by a train. She was playing with a hoola-hoop on the platform when it rolled onto the tracks. Then, the girl ran after it and ...
By the time 5264 arrived at Kensington at 9:30 p.m. it was only 113 seconds behind 5262, putting both trains in grave danger. Asking the driver of 5262 to attempt to outrun the runaway would have placed the passenger-carrying train at great risk of a derailment, meaning Metrol's only option was to divert the runaway before it could collide with 5262. [11]