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Officially the deadliest U.S. rail disaster to date [98] [99] 1918 Malbone Street Wreck, New York City; 95-100 killed plus 100+ injured. Remains the deadliest rail disaster in the History of New York state and the New York City Subway [100] [101] 1919 New York Central collision, Byron, New York; 22 killed [102] [103]
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Guadalajara train disaster: Guadalajara, Mexico: 575 [135] 4 June 1989 Ufa train disaster: Ufa, Soviet Union: 517 3 March 1944 Balvano train disaster: Balvano, Basilicata, Italy: 428 13 January 1985 Awash rail disaster: Awash, Afar, Ethiopia: 400 26 December 2023 Dancheon train disaster: Tanchon, North Korea: 383+ 20 February 2002 Al Ayatt ...
The train derailed due to excessive speed on a curve and collided with an MBTA Commuter Rail train at Back Bay station. RAR-92-01: July 31, 1991 Silver Star: Lugoff, South Carolina: Derailment 8 77 The train derailed due to a set of switch points moving under the train. RAR-93-02: April 29, 1992 Colonial: Newport News, Virginia: Grade crossing 1 54
January 3 – India – Ghatnandur train crash: 18 people died in a collision of two trains at Ghatnandur in Maharashtra [40] January 31 – Australia – Waterfall rail accident: The driver of a southbound passenger train suffered a heart attack and died; the train then sped out of control and derailed on a curve, overturning several cars and killing six passengers.
After 57 people were killed in Greece's worst train disaster a year ago, the government promised to fix a system crumbling from decades of neglect. "Trains will resume operations with safety at ...
Wellington (later known as Tye) was a small unincorporated railroad community in the northwest United States, on the Great Northern Railway in northeastern King County, Washington. [ 1 ] Founded in 1893, it was located in the Cascade Range at the west portal of the original Cascade Tunnel under Stevens Pass .
A train accident or train wreck is a type of disaster involving two or more trains. Train wrecks often occur as a result of miscommunication , as when a moving train meets another train on the same track, when the wheels of train come off the track or when a boiler explosion occurs.