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The Great Train Wreck of 1856 occurred in Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania, between Camp Hill station (known as Sandy Run, Camp Hill, Sellwick and finally Fellwick station before being closed in 1996) and Fort Washington station, on July 17, 1856. Two trains, traveling on the same track in converging directions, collided, killing between 59 ...
This is a list of the most serious U.S. rail-related accidents ... 1856 Great Train Wreck of 1856, Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania; 60+ killed plus 100+ injured.
1856 Panama Railroad accident; 1856 Schiedam train accident; G. Great Train Wreck of 1856 This page was last edited on 22 September 2020, at 19:29 (UTC). ...
6 May – Panama – 1856 Panama Railroad accident- A train with over 500 passengers derailed near Aspinwall in Panama. Thirty to forty people were killed and 70 to 80 were injured. [78] [79] [80] 29 May – Germany – The Jupiter locomotive crashed into the Potsdamer Havel during a test run due to a swing bridge that was not closed. [81]
Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005), This month in railroad history: September. Retrieved September 21, 2005. White, John H. Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830–1880. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0
Railway accidents in 1856 (3 P) Railway accidents in 1857 (2 P) Railway accidents in 1858 (1 P) ... List of rail accidents (1890–1899) This page was last ...
Tram accident; Train-pedestrian fatalities This page was last edited on 26 July 2024, at 20:09 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
The 1856 Panama Railroad accident was a derailment at the Panama Railroad of an express train with around 900 passengers near the Gatun's Bridge, nine miles from Aspinwall, Panama on 6 May 1856. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] Thirty to forty passengers lost their lives with over 70 people being injured.