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1856 Great Train Wreck of 1856, Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania; 60+ killed plus 100+ injured. Encouraged busier railroads in the Eastern U.S. to double track lines; also led to mandatory use of telegraph in cases of delays [9] 1859 South Bend train wreck, Mishawaka/South Bend, Indiana; 42 killed plus 50 injured [10] [11]
Neither train derails, and only minor injuries to the crew and passengers of the Metrolink train are reported. [12] May 28 2002 A BNSF freight train derails east of Clarendon, Texas, along U.S. Highway 287. [13] December 21, 2008 – A BNSF train collides with a vehicle at a level crossing in Colona, Illinois. [14]
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.
The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... 1890 Quincy train wreck; 1966 Everett, Massachusetts, train crash; 2008 Massachusetts train ...
This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total. B. ... Train collisions (2 C, 2 P) Tram accidents (17 P) Railway tunnel disasters (1 C, 12 P)
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Train 736, rounding a curve toward the crossing, ploughed into it at 110 km/h (68 mph). The large mass of the road vehicle made this crash much worse than it might otherwise have been; the engineer and one passenger died, and many more were injured when the first trailer was ripped open by debris. Only the leading power unit derailed.