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On 15 August 1895, locomotive No. 275 Vulcan was one of two locomotives hauling an express passenger train that derailed at Preston, Lancashire due to excessive speed on a curve. One person was killed. [1] On 27 October 1895, locomotive No. 790 Hardwicke was hauling an express passenger train that collided with a freight train at Preston.
The Hardwick and Woodbury Railroad (H&WRR, or H&W) was a short-line railroad serving the towns of Hardwick and Woodbury, Vermont.Built to serve the local granite industry by bringing rough stone from the quarries to the cutting-houses, the railroad was about 7 miles (11 km) long, plus leased track, extended to about 11 miles (18 km) at its greatest extent.
At least six people are killed. [3] March – United States – Deerfield, Illinois. A locomotive boiler explodes killing one and injuring three. [4] April 12 – United States – New York City: On the 6th Av. elevated line of the IRT company, one train takes a crossover into a track occupied by another knocking one car down to the street. One ...
Hardwick&WoodburyLocoNo.1.jpg (600 × 200 pixels, file size: 34 KB, ... Summary. Hardwick & Woodbury Railroad Locomotive No. 1 Photo taken ca. 1900 Licensing
According to the report obtained by TMZ nearly three months after his passing, Hardwick's body was found in the bathtub at his home in Texas on Aug. 8, and although the water was still running ...
Johnny Hardwick, voice of “Dale” on ‘King of the Hill’. Courtesy of Johnny Hardwick/YouTube; Adult Swim/YouTube Voice actor Johnny Hardwick has died. He was 64. Hardwick — who was best ...
January 4 – Germany – An express runs into the back of a stationary train between Hanover and Wunstorf, killing 20 people and seriously injuring another 20. [32]January 22 – Canada – The locomotive engineer and the fireman of a Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train are killed at Tapley, Ontario when their engine leaves the tracks pulling the baggage car and a passenger coach with it.
Between 1893 and 1901, sixty-two of the locomotives were "renewed" (i.e. replaced with new locomotives carrying the same number and name) as Improved Precedent class locomotives. The remaining eight were rebuilt as Improved Precedents in the 1890s; they retained their 7 ⁄ 8 inch (22.2 mm) thick frames – the renewals had 1-inch (25.4 mm) frames.