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Led the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles to require all bus drivers complete a certain amount of requirements to qualify for driving [188] [189] 1972 Chicago commuter rail crash, Chicago, Illinois; 45 killed plus hundreds injured [190] [191] [192] 1973 Littlefield, Texas bus/train crash; 7 killed plus 16 injured [193] [194]
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Twenty-one of the 105 cars, containing Bakken formation crude oil, leave the track and catch fire, which continues to burn for days. No injuries are reported. [34] April 28, 2015 – A Southwestern Railroad Freight Train locks a switch and causes a BNSF manifest to slam into it in Roswell, New Mexico. The engineer of the BNSF train dies after ...
The train derailed due to track failure, caused by oscillation of the train from poor track quality. December 15, 1976 Lone Star: Marland, Oklahoma: Grade crossing 3 11 The train struck a tanker truck at a grade crossing. December 16, 1976 San Francisco Zephyr: Ralston, Nebraska: Derailment 0 63 The train derailed due to defective track. RAR-77-8
March 22 – United States – Branford, Connecticut: A Penn Central freight train derailed on the Shore Line Division (now the Northeast Corridor) in Branford center. 25 of the 86 cars derailed, demolishing Branford Station (a passenger shed at the time), and tore up a one-half-mile (800 m) of track. The cause of the accident was the breakage ...
Pages in category "Lists of railway accidents and incidents in the United States" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A broken rail caused a train derailment that collapsed a bridge over an interstate highway in Colorado, killing a truck driver and blocking the road for days, federal authorities said Tuesday ...
December 16 – United States – Rennert railroad accident: 74 people are killed on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad when the northbound Tamiami Champion hits the derailed rear three carriages of the southbound Tamiami Champion. Date unknown - Netherlands - a passenger train is derailed at Den Haag Laan van NOI station due to a broken rail ...