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In France, this kind of unappetising sandwich is named "sandwich SNCF" or "sandwich TGV", by assimilation with the quality of sandwiches sold in French trains, especially high-speed trains. In popular humour, this name refers to any bad, meagre and expensive ready-to-eat food. Since 1 March 2009, sandwiches sold onboard TGVs have become cheaper ...
Ninety-six people were killed, including 35 passengers, 58 Great Northern employees on the trains, and three railroad employees in the depot. [3] Twenty-three people survived; they were pulled from the wreckage by railroad employees who immediately rushed from the hotel and other buildings where they had been staying.
January 14 – Ghana – An express train derailed between Accra and Kumasi, killing at least 21 people and injuring about 200. [10]January 19 – France – An RER A express train in Paris at Auber station crashed, killing one person and injuring 73 in a rear-end collision caused by the train driver misunderstanding a new signaling system installed only two days earlier.
September 19, 1985. Six people were killed and fourteen were injured after a freight train collided with a city bus Jelcz PR110U in Olsztyn. [126] [127] July 30, 2012. Nine people were killed and one person was seriously injured after a train and a minibus collided in the Polish town of Bratoszewice. [128] November 15, 2007.
Five British Army officers, two Palestinian Arab adults and a 3-year-old boy were killed when a military train was mined. [11] Lehi: 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine: Lydda, Mandatory Palestine 15 May 1947 2 11 Seven bombs exploded along train tracks, killing two British lieutenants. [12] Lehi 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory ...
Different sources say 4 people are killed and 27 injured, [73] [74] or "numerous passengers" killed, [75] or about 150 people killed. [66] August 9 – United States – Michigan train wreck: The first section of the Great Northern's Empire Builder is stopped by a hot box at Michigan City, North Dakota. The crew does not protect the rear, and ...
The fireman of the train and the signalman at Soham signalbox were killed and several other people injured. The driver, Benjamin Gimbert , and fireman, James Nightall , were both awarded the George Cross for preventing further damage which would have occurred if the rest of the train had exploded.
One source says 30 people were killed and 70 injured; [1] another says 17 killed and 120 injured. [2] January 10 – United States – The New York Central Railroad's Southwest Limited from St. Louis to Cleveland, instead of slowing to pick up a train order at Wellington, Ohio, approached too fast in the fog and derailed. The signal tower was ...