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By the early 1900s, thousands died in railroad accidents every year. In 1905, trains injured over 86,000 people. In 1905, trains injured over 86,000 people. However, workers bore the brunt of the ...
1833 Hightstown rail accident, Hightstown, New Jersey; two killed plus 15 injured. Earliest recorded train accident involving the death of passengers. [1] [2] 1837 Suffolk head-on collision, Suffolk, Virginia; 3 killed plus dozens injured. Later in the year, a second accident resulted in ten injuries, with two of them ultimately dying. [3]
Sketch of the accident site. The San Bernardino train disaster (sometimes known as the Duffy Street incident), was a combination of two separate but related incidents that occurred in San Bernardino, California, United States: a runaway train derailment on May 12, 1989; and the subsequent failure on May 25, 1989, of the Calnev Pipeline, a petroleum pipeline adjacent to the tracks which was ...
The rail-over-rail bridge being dismantled December 4 – United Kingdom – Lewisham rail crash: A steam train passes a red signal in the fog and ploughs into the back of an electric train. The crash also destroys a support column of a railway bridge, causing parts of the bridge to collapse onto the wreck; fortunately, a train approaching the ...
Ninety-four people were killed, of whom 44 were children on a holiday outing. After the accident, barrier-dependent train signalling was introduced on the DR network. July 31 – United Kingdom – Thirsk rail crash, an express train from King's Cross to Edinburgh collided with the wreckage of a derailed freight train. Seven were killed and 45 ...
The train derailed due to excessive speed on a curve and collided with an MBTA Commuter Rail train at Back Bay station. RAR-92-01: July 31, 1991 Silver Star: Lugoff, South Carolina: Derailment 8 77 The train derailed due to a set of switch points moving under the train. RAR-93-02: April 29, 1992 Colonial: Newport News, Virginia: Grade crossing 1 54
September 13 – Yugoslavia – Stalać rail crash: A head-on collision of freight and passenger trains at Stalać (now in Serbia), when a goods train violated signals, possibly because the driver was asleep, and crashed into a passenger train bound for Skopje, killing at least 60 people.
"Pennsylvania Railroad at Woodbridge, New Jersey" – Color photo of the scene the day after the accident "The Woodbridge Train Wreck" – documentary photos from the scene; The Wreck of the Broker: The Woodbridge Train Disaster of 1951 on YouTube