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1953 New York Central Railroad Accident, Conneaut, Ohio; 21 killed plus 49 injured. The second of only two U.S. rail disasters to involve four trains [ 160 ] 1955 Spring City School bus-train collision, Spring City, Tennessee ; 11 killed plus many injured [ 161 ] [ 162 ]
Pages in category "Railway accidents and incidents in Ohio" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... 1986 Miamisburg train derailment
Railway Disasters of the World: Principal Passenger Train Accidents of the 20th Century. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-323-2. Shaw, Robert B. (1978). A History of Railroad Accidents, Safety Precautions and Operating Practices. LCCN 78104064. Trevena, Arthur (1981). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 2. Redruth: Atlantic Books. ISBN 0-906899-03-6.
Jul. 31—ASHTABULA — A 24-year-old homeless man was struck and killed by a train in downtown Ashtabula early Sunday morning, according to Ashtabula Police Chief Robert Stell. Around 3 a.m ...
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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.
After the accident, barrier-dependent train signalling was introduced on the DR network. July 31 – United Kingdom – Thirsk rail crash, an express train from King's Cross to Edinburgh collided with the wreckage of a derailed freight train. Seven were killed and 45 injured, 15 seriously. [131] [132]
April 12 – United States – A head-end collision of a work train and a through freight train occurred near Pineville, Kentucky killing two. [9] [10]May 26 - United States - “Electric cars racing for a switch while running in opposite directions, at the rate of 40 miles per hour (64 km/h), cost five lives in the afternoon by a terrific collision, in which over forty prominent people were ...