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A Conrail freight train collided with the Amtrak train. RAR-81-04: March 29, 1982 Benjamin Franklin: Bristol, Pennsylvania: Train collision 0 32 A locomotive sent to rescue the disabled train collided with it. RAR-82-05: June 15, 1982 San Francisco Zephyr: Emerson, Iowa: Derailment 1 27 The train derailed due to flooding of the tracks. RAR-83 ...
The crash happened Thursday evening near New Buffalo in Michigan's southwestern corner, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) east of Chicago. Chicago-bound Amtrak train derails after hitting empty ...
1972 Chicago commuter rail crash, Chicago, Illinois; 45 killed plus hundreds injured [192] [193] [194] 1973 Littlefield, Texas bus/train crash; 7 killed plus 16 injured [195] [196] 1974 Decatur tank car explosion, Decatur, Illinois; 7 killed plus hundreds injured [197] [198] 1976 1976 Beckemeyer train accident, 12 killed and four injured.
July 23 - United States - Head-on crash between Amtrak Train 151 and Amtrak Train 168 at the Hell's Gate Bridge, Queens, New York, killed a passenger and injured 125. [45] [46] July 30 – United Kingdom – Polmont rail accident, a push-pull train derailed after colliding with a cow, killing 13.
An Amtrak train and semi-truck collided in Indiantown on Aug. 22, 2024. There were no reported injuries, according to the Martin County Sheriff's Office.
According to two news releases, police were notified of the accident at about 1:18 p.m., resulting in an investigation and rescue effort that also included the Western Lakes Fire District and ...
March 15 – United States – 1999 Bourbonnais, Illinois, train crash: The Amtrak City of New Orleans, traveling at approximately 80 miles per hour (130 km/h), slammed into a semi-trailer truck loaded with steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) at a grade crossing and derails. An ensuing fire set one Superliner sleeper car ablaze.
Passengers lived through an Amtrak nightmare Friday, getting stuck on a train from Detroit to Chicago for 19 hours without electricity, bathrooms, water or food.