Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
New York City subway fire. United States – 2020 New York City Subway fire: A fire on the 2 train at 110th Street station on the Lenox Avenue Line killed the train operator and injured 16 others. United States – In DeLand, Florida, an Amtrak Auto Train derailed when 8 train cars tipped over. One person was injured.
Illinois's deadliest rail disaster to date widely encouraged the use of newer steel coaches over conventional wooden ones [29] 1887 Chicago and Atlantic Railway Wreck, Kouts, Indiana; 10 killed [30] 1888 Wreck at the Fat Nancy, Orange County, Virginia; nine killed plus 26 injured.
Railway couplings. Couplers by country; Coupler conversion; Dual coupling; Wheelset; Bogie (truck) Passenger train; Commuter rail; Regional rail; Inter-city rail; High-speed railways; Passenger traffic terminology; Named passenger trains; Rail subsidies; Railway nationalization; Freight
14 November – United States – A Norfolk Southern freight train collided with a Toyota Camry in Morrisville, North Carolina, near Cary, killing the two elderly passengers of the vehicle. [314] 17 November – Pakistan – Aab-e-Gum derailment - The Jaffar Express derailed at Aab-e-Gum, killing 20 people and injuring 96.
2. 81+. VIA Rail train No. 74, travelling eastward on the north main track of the CNR Chatham Sub., at Thamesville, Ontario, encountered a reversed switch, crossed over to the south main track and derailed at Mile 46.7. The derailed train collided with stationary rail cars on an adjacent south yard siding.
2006. June 14, 2006 – The Kismet Train Collision - Two BNSF Railway freight trains collide head-on in Madera, California, due to one of the trains running a red signal, injuring 5 people. One of the train's crew members, the one that ran the red, is suspected to be high on cocaine. There was a camera on board one of the locomotives involved ...
The worst accident was the Quintinshill rail disaster in Scotland in 1915 with 226 dead and 246 injured. [a] Second worst, and the worst in England, was the 1952 Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash, which killed 112 people and injured 340. [1] The death toll from the 1957 Lewisham rail crash was 90; for the 1889 Armagh rail disaster (the worst in ...
July 9 – Poland – Rzepin train disaster: A fast Pt47 steam locomotive allegedly derailed in Rzepin. 160 people died. Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash. October 8 – United Kingdom – Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash: Three trains are involved in a crash that kills 112 people and injures 340.