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1972 Chicago commuter rail crash. A collision between two commuter trains in Chicago occurred during the cloudy morning rush hour on October 30, 1972, and was the worst such crash in Chicago's history. Illinois Central Gulf Train 416, made up of newly purchased Highliners, overshot the 27th Street station on what is now the Metra Electric Line ...
The 1971 Salem, Illinois derailment occurred on June 10, 1971, when Amtrak’s City of New Orleans passenger train derailed near Salem, Illinois. It is sometimes referred to as the Tonti derailment, after the unincorporated community of Tonti, Illinois, which was the site of the crash. An investigation by the National Transportation Safety ...
The Illinois Central Gulf commuter rail crash, the worst rail accident in Chicago history, occurred on October 30, 1972. A commuter train made up of new lightweight bi-level Highliner cars, inbound to Randolph Street Station during the morning rush hour, overshot the 27th Street platform and backed up into the station. The bi-level train had ...
1970. February 1 – Argentina – Benavídez rail disaster: A Tucumán – Buenos Aires express train collided with a standing local train south of Benavídez railroad station 29 km (18 mi) north of Buenos Aires. 142 people were killed, 368 injured (though some sources state 236 killed).
S. 1971 Salem, Illinois, derailment. Categories: Railway accidents and incidents in the United States by operator. Illinois Central Railroad.
The Illinois Central Railroad (reporting mark IC), sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad in the Central United States. Its primary routes connected Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama, and thus, the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Another line connected Chicago west to Sioux City, Iowa ...
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The driver of a fast train does not notice a stop signal due to heavy fog and collides with another train in Schweinsburg-Culten, East Germany. 22 die and 70 are injured. Illinois Central Gulf commuter rail crash : The accidental tripping of a signal at 27th Street Station on the Metra Electric system in Chicago, Illinois , causes an IC ...