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People view the New Market train wreck Sept. 24, 1904, an accident that killed at least 64 people and injured more than 100 others. On that morning at 10:18 a.m., the Carolina Special out of ...
2015 Tennessee train derailment; F. 2002 Farragut derailment; G. Great Train Wreck of 1918; N. New Market train wreck; W. Waverly, Tennessee, tank car explosion
1955 Spring City School bus-train collision, Spring City, Tennessee; 11 killed plus many injured [161] [162] 1956 Redondo Junction train wreck , Los Angeles, California; 30 killed plus 117 injured. California's deadliest rail disaster (not involving an automobile) was one of the first to have its aftermath broadcast live [ 163 ] [ 164 ] [ 165 ]
The driver was killed as a result, however, no injuries were reported by the train’s crew. The Tennessee Highway Patrol and the Vonore Police Department responded.
The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (reporting mark TVRM) [1] is a railroad museum and heritage railroad in Chattanooga, Tennessee.. The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum was founded as a chapter of the National Railway Historical Society in 1960 by Paul H. Merriman and Robert M. Soule, Jr., along with a group of local railway preservationists.
He also hit the emergency brakes but his train, which had been traveling at 33 mph, did not stop for seven seconds. By then, its front end was about 1.5 railcar lengths past the contractors.
The trains met on New Market Hill at 10:18 am; the special managed to gather speed on the upgrade and was traveling at 60 mph (97 km/h); the local on the downgrade was trying to make up lost time and attained 70 mph (110 km/h); when they saw each other the emergency brakes were applied but the trains collided at a combined speed of over 100 mph (160 km/h) (though a contemporary source says 70 ...
About 5,000 residents evacuated after the derailment of a freight train carrying flammable and toxic gas in eastern Tennessee were allowed home on Friday as investigators looked into the cause of ...