Infobox rail accident image 1918trainwreck.jpg title GreatTrainWreck of 1918 date July 9, 1918 time .... Louis Railway type Collision cause Human error trains 2 pax deaths 101 injuries 171 The GreatTrainWreck of 1918 occurred on July 9, 1918, in Nashville, Tennessee . Two passenger trains, operated ... 101 people and injuring an additional 171. It is considered the deadliest Trainwreck rail ... Injured In Train Collision work Nashville Tennessean date July 10, 1918 ref At least 171 people were ... passenger trainwreck in U.S. history. Had the signal tower operator properly left his signal at danger ... Circus TrainWreck , another serious accident involving a circus train , had happened the previous month ... news title N. & C. Wreck Near Nashville Takes Toll of Dead and Hurt date July 9, 1918 work Nashville ... account for the presence of the No. 1 train on the line. The ICC also pointed to a lack of a proper system for the accurate determination of train positions and noted that the wooden construction ... of the accident, the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis NC&StL No. 4 train departed Union Station Nashville Union Station in Nashville, bound for Memphis. The train, pulled by locomotive No. 282, consisted of two mail and baggage cars and six wooden Coach rail coaches . Meanwhile, train No.1 ... train had departed McKenzie, Tennessee McKenzie four hours earlier, and passed Bellevue, Tennessee .... According to contemporary practices, the inbound train the No. 1 retained the right of way. Thus, the railroad dispatch informed the crew of the opposing No. 4 train of the locomotive number of the No. 1 ... s mainline track to Memphis narrowed down to just one track. While No.4 train traversed the double ... in properly identifying the train. As No.4 approached the interlocking tower at Shops Junction, tower operator J. S. Johnson showed a clear signal from the tower s train order signals, indicating all was clear. As he stopped to record the train in his logs, he noticed that there was no entry ... more details
title The GreatTrainWreck of 1856 date July 17, 1856 location Fort Washington, Pennsylvania ... 100 The GreatTrainWreck of 1856 occurred between Camp Hill and Fort Washington, Pennsylvania Fort ... Two days after the GreatWreck, The New York Times published a scathing editorial exhorting railroads ... Camp Hill Train Disaster Coord 40 07 43.66 N 75 12 10.56 W display title DEFAULTSORT GreatTrainWreck Of 1856 Category Railway accidents in the United States Category Railway accidents in 1856 ... Hill Disaster in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Montgomery County , and The Picnic Train ... and people, was already becoming an important component of local commerce, when the wreck occurred. The disaster An excursion train operated by the North Pennsylvania Railroad , known as the Picnic ... and the children looked forward to a full day at the park. The train, reported by The New ... Avenue at 5 10 a.m., 23 minutes late, partly due to the large number of passengers aboard. The train ... children. The train had to make periodic stops to regain enough pressure to continue. At the Wissahickon station another train, the Aramingo , engineered by William Vanstavoren, waited for the excursion ... scheduled trains, but the picnic special was an excursion train, which confused matters. At 6 15 ..., the train was travelling slightly downhill. Aramingo was rounding the same curve with the same .... The three forward cars of the picnic train were decimated and the subsequent derailment derailed ..., meandering along the length of the train. A bucket brigade , equipped with tubs, buckets ... window and saw the train approaching. I saw the down train first, just coming through the cut above ... time enough to turn around and saw the up train coming under the bridge at Camp Hill station. It was pretty smart. They were running about as they cleverly could. I heard the whistle on the train coming up before it reached the bridge... I could not see that the speed of the up train diminished between ... more details
Infobox rail accident image Chatsworth trainwreck harpersweekly.jpg caption A Harper s Weekly impression of the accident title The 1887 Great Chatsworth trainwreck date August 10, 1887 time Approximately midnight location Chatsworth Township, Livingston County, Illinois Chatsworth Township , Livingston County, Illinois Livingston County , between Chatsworth, Illinois Chatsworth and Piper City, Illinois Piper City , Illinois Illinois, USA country United States line operator Toledo, Peoria and Western ... The 1887 Great Chatsworth trainwreck was a major rail accident that occurred late on the night of August ... Illinois Memories http sites.google.com site chatsworthillinoismemories coord missing DEFAULTSORT Great Chatsworth trainwreck Category Livingston County, Illinois Category Railway accidents in the United States Category Railway accidents in 1887 Great Chatsworth trainwreck Category Disasters in Illinois Great Chatsworth trainwreck Category Rail transport in Illinois Great Chastworth trainwreck ... title 1887 trainwreck near Chatsworth one of worst in U.S. publisher The Pantagraph ..., Peoria and Western Railroad TP&W train bound for Niagara Falls from Peoria, Illinois Peoria ..., a TP&W train departed Peoria, traveling east through Eureka, Illinois Eureka and Chenoa, Illinois ... luggage cars. In total, the train carried about 700 vacationers taking advantage of a special offer ... Wounded. A CROWDED EXCURSION TRAIN CRASHES THROUGH A BURNING BRIDGE PERHAPS THE WORK OF THIEVES ... to the rear of the train halted just short of the bridge. ref name kemp 20070805 Four days later, the TP&W ... use of steel in passenger cars. ref name kemp 20070805 Historical marker File Chatsworth wreck ... the Chatsworth wreck. In 1954, the state of Illinois placed a historical marker commemorating the event along U.S. Route 24 . The marker has the following text cquotetxt The Chatsworth Wreck ... of the worst wrecks in American rail history. An excursion train two engines and approximately twenty ... more details
The Great East Thompson TrainWreck Category Thompson, Connecticut Category Railway ... courant http articles.courant.com 2007 11 28 news 0711270625 1 freight train eastbound traintrainwreck Dec. 4 Will Mark 116th Anniversary Of TrainWreck , Marlene Clark, Hartford Courant , November ...Coord 42.0089 71.8092 display title Wikify date January 2011 Infobox rail accident image title Great East Thompson TrainWreck date December 4, 1891 time 6 40 am location Thompson, Connecticut country United States line operator New York and New England Railroad type Collision cause Crew error trains 4 pax deaths 2 injuries The Great East Thompson TrainWreck was a large rail disaster which occurred in Thompson, Connecticut East Thompson , Connecticut , on December 4, 1891. It was one of the most extensive train wrecks in American history, and the only one to involve four trains. It happened on the New York and New England Railroad , which provided a shortcut from New York City to Boston by making a diagonal across Connecticut. The railroad is now abandoned, and most of its tracks removed. On the morning of December 4, 1891, four trains were scheduled to pass through East Thompson, in the town of Thompson, Connecticut Thompson in the northeastern corner of Connecticut the hotshot Long Island & Eastern States Express from New York to Boston via a ferry across Long Island Sound , the Norwich Steamboat Express traveling to Boston from the quays of New London, Connecticut , the Southbridge ..., and freight train No. 212. To keep the slower No. 212 from impeding the approaching Eastern States ... Then the uninjured crewmen remembered the Norwich Steamboat Train. A Flagman rail flagman was sent ... 500 yd m east of the passenger station, and hundreds of people were injured in the wreck, only two ... been suggested Rath was not on the train, as he reappears very much alive in legal documents more than ... The location of the wreck was N 42 00.530 W 071 48.557 which now falls on the intersection of E. Thompson ... more details
Infobox rail accident title Great Revere TrainWreck of 1871 boxwidth image image width caption date 26 August 1871 time location Revere, Massachusetts location dist location dist mi location dir location city country United States line Eastern Railroad Massachusetts Eastern Railroad operator type cause trains pax deaths 29 32 injuries damage The Great Revere TrainWreck of 1871 occurred on the evening of August 26, 1871 when the Eastern Railroad Massachusetts Eastern Railroad s Portland Express slammed into the rear of stopped local train at Revere, Massachusetts . The accident occurred on a very busy Saturday evening with three large weekend events taking place in Boston causing more heavily then usual traffic on the railroads, especially on the Eastern Railroad s line. Normally, the Eastern ran 152 trains on weekend days, but with two large revivals and military muster taking place, the number of trains running to accommodate the extra load of passengers was increased to 192. The heavy traffic and the Eastern s management s conservative style of not using the telegraph to dispatch trains, led to long delays along the line. Around 8 30 in the evening and running over 25 minutes late, the engineer of the express train believed he had clear track ahead and was traveling at convert 30 mph km h abbr none sp us as he approached the Revere Station. The local commuter train, also running ... train s steam boiler burst and about a dozen people were either crushed to death by the boiler or scalded by the escaping hot water. ref http www.celebrateboston.com disasters revere trainwreck 1871.htm Eastern Railroad Revere TrainWreck, 1871 ref Some passengers that were trapped in the splintered ... in 1884. Today, the accident remains the most deadly trainwreck in the history of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the second worst train accident in all of New England. References references Sources cite book author Reed, Robert C. title Train Wrecks A Pictorial History of Accidents on the Main ... more details
M. 2010 The Great Circus TrainWreck of 1918 , published by The History House, Charleston, NC ... Circus Train Wreck.jpg title Hammond Circus TrainWreck date June 22, 1918 time 4 00 am location Ivanhoe ... falling asleep trains 2 pax deaths 86 injuries 127 The Hammond circus trainwreck occurred on June 22, 1918, and was one of the worst trainwreck s in US history. Eighty six people died and another 127 were injured when a railroad engineer locomotive engineer fell asleep and ran his train into the rear of another near Hammond, Indiana . Circus trainwreck In the early morning hours of June 22, 1918, Alonzo Sargent was operating a Michigan Central Railroad troop train pulling 20 empty Pullman cars. He was aware that his train was closely following a slower circus train . Sargent, an experienced ... per hour. The circus train held 400 performers and roustabouts of the Hagenbeck Wallace Circus Hagenbeck Wallace circus performing arts circus . Most of the 86 who were killed in the trainwreck perished .... Studying the wreck The wreck is described in great detail in the report of the joint Interstate ... in Indiana Hammond circus trainwreck Category Hammond, Indiana Category Rail transport in Indiana ... at least two automatic signals and warnings posted by a brakeman of the 26 car circus train, which had made an emergency stop to check a hot box on one of the flatcar s. The second train plowed into the caboose and four rear wooden sleeping car s of the circus train at a rail crossing known as Ivanhoe ... Arthur Dierckx and Max Nietzborn of the Great Dierckx Brothers, a strongman act, and Jennie Ward ..., Michigan Jackson on Train No. 41, and had had little or no sleep during the day. Had had a couple ... time the next morning. Leaving Kalamazoo, followed freight train to Michigan City, Indiana Michigan ... up to Michigan City,, stopped at standpipe and took water. While following this freight train, we ... train being ahead. Leaving Michigan City, had clear track to East Gary, Indiana East Gary and there caught ... more details
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Fatal TrainWreck 100 years ago ref A trainwreck earlier that morning at Shellsburg, Iowa Shellsburg ... cars ref http www3.gendisasters.com iowa 8060 gladbrook ia trainwreck mar 1910 horrifying disaster ... Iowa trainwreck remembered http www3.gendisasters.com iowa 8058 gladbrook ia trainwreck mar 1910 Gladbrook, IA TrainWreck, Mar 1910 http www.familyoldphotos.com 8c IAcoll gladbrook trainwreck.htm Gladbrook, IA TrainWreck Photos coord 42 9 53 N 92 46 00 W display title DEFAULTSORT Green Mountain TrainWreck Category Railway accidents in 1910 Category Railway accidents in the United States ... Waterloo over Chicago Great Western Railway Chicago Great Western tracks via Marshalltown, Iowa Marshalltown ... train the two locomotives travelling backwards, tender first. ref http www.nightwatchmanchronicles.com Newspaper NW6Nov09.htm Evening News Republican , March 21, 1910 ref The new combined train now had ... I shall see all my life when I dream . ref name AfroAmerican A relief train arrived two hours after ... for the wreck, nor were any charges of neglect made ref name Gazette although the crash did result ... Railroad Category Chicago Great Western Railway Category Rail transport in Iowa Category Tama ... more details
Infobox rail accident image caption title Woodbridge trainwreck date February 6, 1951 time 5.43 pm location Woodbridge, New Jersey country United States line North Jersey Coast Line operator Pennsylvania Railroad type Derailment at diversion cause Excessive speed trains 1 pax deaths 85 injuries 500 The Woodbridge trainwreck occurred on February 6, 1951 in Woodbridge, New Jersey when a train derailed crossing a temporary wooden trestle, killing 85 people. It is the third worst train disaster in American history ref http woodbridgetownshipnj.tripod.com woodbridgetraincrash The Woodbridge TrainWreck ref , and the deadliest since 1918 ref name Slangon http www.slangon.com blog ?p 281 Worst Train Disaster in New Jersey History ref . Train 733 At 5.10 pm on a cold drizzly evening, Pennsylvania Railroad train number 733 called The Broker as many of its passengers were stockbrokers on Wall Street ... on Feb 6 ref name HNT http www.woodbridgefdnj.org History Wreck THNT thnt3.htm 1951 trainwreck recalled ... a train again. A raft of lawsuits were brought against the railroad but were all settled out of court ref name StarLedger . External links http www.woodbridgefdnj.org History Wreck THNT thnt.htm It s 50 years since rail crash but it seems like only yesterday http www.woodbridgefdnj.org History Wreck THNT thnt3.htm 1951 trainwreck recalled in tears http www.woodbridgefdnj.org History Wreck SL sl.htm ... Train Disaster in New Jersey History http woodbridgetownshipnj.tripod.com woodbridgetraincrash The Woodbridge TrainWreck http ntl1.specialcollection.net scripts ws.dll?file&fn 6&name S 3A 5CDOT 56GB ... ref name StarLedger http www.woodbridgefdnj.org History Wreck SL sl.htm I never saw anything like it...It was like ... building the New Jersey Turnpike could work on the main line. Eight days previously train engineers ... the engineer Joseph Fitzsimmons failed to slow the train and the subsequent enquiry found that it had ... the Woodbridge the conductor, alarmed at the train s speed had tried to pull the emergency cord but the crush ... more details
Infobox rail accident image caption title Bagley trainwreck date December 31, 1944 time 5.14 am location Bagley, west of Ogden, Utah country United States line Lucin Cutoff operator Southern Pacific type Rear end collision cause signal passed at danger trains 2 pax deaths 48 injuries 79 The Bagley trainwreck also known as the Great Salt Lake wreck ref name deseret http www.deseretnews.com article 600101823 Great Salt Lake wreck stole headlines in 1944.html Great Salt Lake wreck stole headlines in 1944 ref occurred in Utah on the morning of Sunday December 31, 1944. The crash killed 48 some sources 50 ref Table 4 2 Selected Train Wrecks in the United States in the Twentieth Century in Living With Hazards, Dealing With Disasters An Introduction to Emergency Management by William L Waugh, publ ... trainwreck ref . It had left Chicago at 10 a.m. Friday, bound for San Francisco ref name Genealogy ... into two with the passenger train running ahead of the mail express. Early that morning an unusually long and heavy freight train developed problems unofficially a hot box ref name Gendis2 http www3.gendisasters.com utah 370 bagley 2C ut trainwreck 2C dec 1944?page 0 2C2 The Ogden Standard Examiner ..., ut trainwreck, dec 1944 The Ogden Standard Examiner Utah 1945 01 01 ref . At Bagley a siding, 17 ... utah 370 bagley, ut trainwreck, dec 1944 Bagley, UT TrainWreck Interstate Commerce Commission ... 5C2856.PDF Investigation No.2856 coord missing Utah DEFAULTSORT Bagley TrainWreck Category Railway ... 79 and involved Southern Pacific s Pacific Limited as it crossed The Great Salt Lake on the Lucin ... Pullman car at the back of the passenger train. The Ogden Standard Examiner reported The force ... efforts had to come by rail. Fortunately two hospital cars were included in the passenger train manned ... was caused by failure properly to control the speed of the following train in accordance ... fog Category Southern Pacific Railroad Category Great Salt Lake Category Rail transport in Utah ... more details
Infobox rail accident image NewMarketTrainWreck.jpg caption Photo of wreck title New Market trainwreck date September 24, 1904 time 10.18 a.m. ref name Haine Railroad Wrecks by Edgar A. Haine, p65 66, publ 1993, ISBN 0 8453 4844 2 ref location New Market, Tennessee country United States line operator Southern Railway U.S. Southern Railway type Head on collision cause Engineer error trains 2 pax 350 deaths 56 113 injuries 106 The New Market TrainWreck happened when two Southern Railway U.S. Southern Railway passenger trains travelling at great speed collided head on near New Market, Tennessee on Saturday, September 24, 1904, killing at least 56 passengers and crew and injuring 106. Trains The trains concerned were the No. 15 westbound local passenger train from Bristol, Tennessee Bristol to Knoxville ... www.medscape.com viewarticle 704168 Disaster Management at the 1904 New Market, Tennessee TrainWreck Role of a Surgeon ref . After stopping at New Market the train should have stopped after a few hundred ... nms TRAINHISTORY.htm History of the New Market TrainWreck ref . Collision The trains met on New ..., tn trainwreck, sept 1904 Hodges, TN New Market TrainWreck, Sept 1904 ref and the crash could be heard 15 miles away. Both engineers were killed. The locomotive and coal tender of the local train were ... History of the New Market TrainWreck http www.medscape.com viewarticle 704168 Disaster Management at the 1904 New Market, Tennessee TrainWreck Role of a Surgeon http www3.gendisasters.com tennessee 555 hodges, tn trainwreck, sept 1904 Hodges, TN New Market TrainWreck, Sept 1904 coord missing ... procedure to allow the trains to pass was for the local train to stop on a side track at Hodges ... arms and throwing stones at it, no one aboard the Special noticed as the train gathered speed. There was one ... . When news of the crash reached Knoxville, a relief train was organised to bring doctors and medical ... the train and many photographs of the scene were made see http jc schools.net nms TRAINHISTORY.htm ... more details
Infobox rail accident image caption title Connellsville trainwreck date December 23, 1903 time 7.45pm ... 68 The Connellsville trainwreck killed 64 people and injured 68 ref http books.google.co.uk books ... pennsylvania 10329 laurel run pa trainwreck dec 1903 sixty dead in wreck New York Times ... pennsylvania 10330 laurel run pa trainwreck dec 1903 disastrous wreck Philadelphia Inquirer , whereas the http www3.gendisasters.com pennsylvania 5148 laurel run 2C pa passenger train strikes ... ref http www3.gendisasters.com pennsylvania 7329 laurel run pa trainwreck dec 1903 Ogdensburg Advance and St. Lawrence Weekly Democrat ref , many travelling to catch a passenger liner to Great Britain ref name SixtyDead http www3.gendisasters.com pennsylvania 10329 laurel run pa trainwreck dec 1903 sixty dead in wreck New York Times New York, NY 24 Dec 1903 ref . The train comprised 4 4 2 locomotive ... Pullmans and a dining car ref http www3.gendisasters.com pennsylvania 10330 laurel run pa trainwreck dec 1903 disastrous wreck Philadelphia Enquirer ref . Less than 15 minutes earlier a load of timber had dropped from a westbound freight train of the Nickel Plate Road heading for New Castle, Pennsylvania ... spilling onto the eastbound track, without knowledge of the train crew ref http www3.gendisasters.com pennsylvania 10327 laurel run pa trainwreck dec 1903 victims total 64 New York Times ref . Crash ... westbound passenger train, which managed to stop just short of the wreck. A relief train was organised ... pennsylvania 10328 laurel run pa trainwreck dec 1903 cause wreck Railroad Wrecks , by Edgar ... pa trainwreck dec 1903 Laurel Run, PA TrainWreck, Dec 1903 contains transcripts of the referenced ... on the track which had fallen from a freight train earlier. Trains The eastbound Limited was travelling ... laurel run 2C pa passenger train strikes debris 2C dec 1903 The Courier , Connellsville, Pennsylvania ... known to be in Pittsburg yesterday. In spite of a drizzling rain great crowds are about the morgues ... more details
. ref name CJ http www.rootsweb.ancestry.com instjose disasters trainwreck june 1859.htm Chicago Journal ... the death toll was 41 persons ref http www.rootsweb.ancestry.com instjose disasters trainwreck ... links http www.rootsweb.ancestry.com instjose disasters trainwreck june 1859.htm South Bend, Indiana TrainWreck June 27, 1859 http www3.gendisasters.com indiana 10900 south bend in railroad disaster ...Infobox rail accident image SouthBendWreck.jpg caption Wood engraved view of wreck from Frank Leslie s Weekly Frank Leslie s Illustrated Newspaper , New York, dated July 16, 1859 title South Bend TrainWreck date June 27, 1859 time Just before midnight location between Mishawaka, Indiana Mishawaka and South Bend, Indiana South Bend , Indiana country United States line operator Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Michigan Southern Railroad type Embankment washed away cause Blocked culvert trains 1 pax 150 deaths 42 injuries 50 The South Bend TrainWreck known also as the Great Mishawaka TrainWreck ref name timeline http www.mishawakacity.com timeline Mishawaka s History Timeline ref occurred on June 27, 1859 between Mishawaka, Indiana Mishawaka and South Bend, Indiana South Bend in Indiana on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Michigan Southern Railroad killing 42 people and injuring 50 more ref http books.google.co.uk books?id S7t8DW4iYDMC&pg PA143&lpg PA143&dq Railroad Wrecks by Edgar A. Haine&source bl&ots Tcn7fb3u4K&sig z2ZYGUOLEOSdWqL317zu x8F BQ&hl en&ei atssTJiLOpCmsQbH a2nAg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 1&ved 0CAgQ6AEwAA v onepage&q&f false Railroad Wrecks by Edgar A. Haine ref . The train concerned was the Night Express from Chicago to Toledo, Ohio Toledo carrying about 150 passengers. Just before midnight it was crossing an embankment known as the Springbrook ... the entire train into a torrent of water, drowning many. According to the Chicago Journal The engine ... which collapsed as the train was crossing. The westbound train had passed over safely at 8.30 ... more details
Infobox rail accident image caption title Great Shohola TrainWreck date July 15, 1864 time location Shohola Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania Shohola Township , Pike County, Pennsylvania Pike County , Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, USA country United States line operator Erie Railroad type Head on collision cause dispatcher error trains 2 pax 958 deaths 60 72 injuries The Great Shohola trainwreck occurred ... the telescoped cars ref http treadleworksbytammy.blogspot.com 2009 07 great shohola train wreck.html Treadleworks by Tammy The Great Shohola TrainWreck ref Aftermath The citizens of Shohola and nearby ... The Great Shohola TrainWreck site photos http www.shoholahistorical.org Shohola Railroad ... ARTS&storyID 811771 Horror of Civil War trainwreck still echoes Times Union Albany NY ref and 128 Union ... http explorepahistory.com hmarker.php?markerId 667 Civil War Prison TrainWreck ref . Trains The prisoner s train, hauled by 30 ton wood burning Engine 171 ref name CCHJ http www.angelfire.com ny5 ... Historical Journal Shohola TrainWreck Civil War Disaster by Joseph C. Boyd ref was designated as an extra , meaning it ran behind a scheduled train which displayed warning flags giving right of way ... , four hours late. ref name TrainWreck http trainwreck.shohola.org Home Page of The Great Shohola TrainWreck of the U.S. Civil War ref . The next 23 miles of the railroad is a single track snaking along ... of Shohola, Pennsylvania and killed at least 60 people. Aboard the 18 car train were 833 Confederate ... hours since the scheduled train had passed through that morning and when a coal train from the Hawley ... was formed around the wreck but despite this five Confederate prisoners escaped and were never recaptured ... train was jammed into a space less than six feet. The two cars behind it were almost as badly wrecked ... houses a museum dedicated to the wreck in a caboose stationed permanently in Shohola ref name TimesUnion ... civil war prisoner train disaster, july 1864 A FEARFUL RAILROAD COLLISION. Correspondence of the New ... more details
Infobox rail accident image caption title Glenrock trainwreck date September 23, 1923 time 9.05 p.m. location Converse County, Wyoming Converse County , near Glenrock, Wyoming country United States line Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad operator Colorado and Southern Railroad type Bridge collapse cause cloudburst trains 1 pax 66 deaths 30 injuries 2 ref name ICC The Glenrock trainwreck is the worst trainwreck in Wyoming history, killing 30. ref name BP http trib.com news local article 95dec472 b119 5f7d 8be3 740c6deaf8a1.html BP Amoco timeline ref It happened on the Chicago, Burlington ... 541.2 mb.ashx Worst TrainWreck in Wyoming History 1923 ref The nearest current community is Meadow ... ref name DMN http www3.gendisasters.com wyoming 4346 glen rock, wy trainwreck, sept 1923 Dallas Morning News , 29 Sept 1923 ref The train concerned was operated jointly by the Burlington and the Colorado ... day. ref http www3.gendisasters.com wyoming 988 lockett, wy trainwreck, oct 1923 Fairplay Flume ... 4346 glen rock, wy trainwreck, sept 1923 Glen Rock, WY TrainWreck, Sept 1923 http www3.gendisasters.com wyoming 988 lockett, wy trainwreck, oct 1923 Lockett, WY TrainWreck, Oct 1923 http ntl1.specialcollection.net ... ICC Report coord 42 52 26 N 106 02 00 W display title DEFAULTSORT Glenrock TrainWreck Category Railway ... when the crack Casper to Denver, Colorado Denver train, only 15 miles into its journey, plunged into Cole ... the bridge being on a curve was not visible to the headlights of the train until it was too late. The only surviving member of the train or engine crew stated that the emergency brakes were only applied just before the train plunged off the rails. After the accident very little of the bridge structure ... into the torrent. ref name ICC A rescue train from Casper arrived at the scene at 11 p.m. and found .... With the headlight of the relief train playing on the scene, the slow process of rescue in this manner ... people aboard the train were killed in the accident. ref name BP The period of September 27 29 storms ... more details
Infobox rail accident image caption title Michigan trainwreck date August 9, 1945 time 7.22 p.m. location Michigan, North Dakota country United States line operator Great Northern Railway U.S. Great Northern Railway type rear collision cause failure to protect lead train trains 2 pax deaths 34 injuries 309 ref name ICC ICC Investigation No.2921 ref The Michigan trainwreck was the worst rail disaster in both North Dakota and Great Northern Railway U.S. Great Northern Railway history. ref name GNS2 http www.greatnorthernempire.net index2.htm?GNEGN S2 Class.htm GN S 2 Class ref . It happened on August 9, 1945, at Michigan, North Dakota , and involved Great Northern s premier train, the Empire Builder . Trains During the war years due to heavy usage the Empire Builder ran in two sections, known as First 1 and Second 1. On the fateful day both sections were hauled by Baldwin Locomotive Works Baldwin built GN S 2 4 8 4 steam locomotives. When the trains departed St. Paul Union Depot they were twenty minutes apart. They travelled to Fargo, North Dakota Fargo via Willmar, Minnesota ...?Type B BASIC&SEC 7B31FFF3FA 49E9 4C7B 900A B326700E1E44 7D Michigan 1945 TrainWreck coord 48 1 ... the fireman to get the train moving. The flagman lit a fusee and ran back down the track to warn the oncoming train, but it was too late just as First 1 began to move off, and four minutes after ... , the whole of the front train was driven forward 165 feet by the impact. The rear car, a bobtail .... A serviceman who saw the approaching train managed to jump out of a window the only other survivor ... by failure to provide adequate protection for the preceding train . A Coroner s Jury found the flagman and conductor of the lead train to be responsible for the accident and they were dismissed ... 54CE 49AD A0FB B38E6D1F6EBC Reference Data Sheet No. 152, Great Northern Railway Historical Society ... Category Great Northern Railway U.S. Category Nelson County, North Dakota Category Rail transport in North ... more details
Infobox rail accident image caption title Jeannette s Creek trainwreck date October 27, 1854 time 5.00 am location Chatham Kent , Ontario country Canada line operator type Rear end collision cause trains 2 pax deaths 52 injuries 48 The Baptiste Creek trainwreck was a fatal railroad accident that occurred on October 27, 1854 at Baptiste Creek near present day Jeannette s Creek in Chatham Kent , Ontario . It was Canada s first major trainwreck leaving 52 people dead ref name Marker http railwaymuseum.ab.ca files pdfs Marker 2006.10.pdf THE MARKER , Official Newsletter of the Alberta Pioneer Railway Association Volume 25, Number 4, page 3, History Tidbits ref and indeed the worst rail disaster in North America at that time. ref http www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com index.cfm?PgNm TCE&Params A1ARTA0002313 Disasters The Canadian Encyclopedia ref The train involved left Niagara Falls the previous afternoon it comprised eight cars altogether four first class, two second class and two baggage cars. As was commonplace during that early time of rail travel it was subject to several delays these were caused by dense fog, a derailed gravel train, a burst cylinder head and a slow freight train ahead of it. By the time it left London, Ontario London at 1 a.m. bound for Windsor, Ontario Windsor it was at least four hours late. At Baptiste Creek a gravel train consisting of fifteen cars loaded with wet gravel was on a siding employed in repairing the track bed. Its engineer had been told ... Ontario DEFAULTSORT Jeannette s Creek TrainWreck Category Railway accidents in 1854 Category ... train had already passed at 5 a.m. as the train backed along the main railway line at between ten and twelve mph the passenger train emerged from the fog at a speed of twenty ... ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive true&e 1510315 The Chatham Daily News , 1854 trainwreck near Jeannette s Creek by Jim and Lisa Gilbert , Tuesday April 7, 2009 ref http www.cktimes.ca ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2009 Infobox Standard See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs title Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train english title comment image image size caption writer Uncle Dave Macon composer lyricist published 1952 in Anthology of American Folk Music written 1930 language English form original artist Uncle Dave Macon recorded by New Lost City Ramblers , Mike Seeger performed by The Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train is a folk song about politicians and bank failure s. It is based on a true incident in Tennessee in 1930. After a scandal involving awarding contracts without bids, Henry Horton was re elected list of Governors of Tennessee governor of Tennessee . The Caldwell Company Bank collapsed soon afterward, leaving the state 6 million dollars in debt. An impeachment attempt against Horton was unsuccessful, but he did not run for an additional term. The affair also ruined the career of Senator Luke Lea 1879 1945 Luke Lea . See also Gravy train Category American folk songs Category 1930 songs Category Financial crises folk song stub Tennessee stub ... more details
Infobox rail accident image caption title Redondo Junction trainwreck date January 22, 1956 time 17 42 location Los Angeles country United States line Surf Line operator Santa Fe Railroad type Derailment at junction cause Excessive speed trains 1 pax deaths 30 injuries 117 The Redondo Junction trainwreck occurred at 17 42 on the evening of January 22, 1956, on the Santa Fe Railroad in Los Angeles . The accident happened at Redondo Junction, just southeast of Boyle Heights, Los Angeles Boyle Heights near Washington Boulevard Los Angeles Washington Boulevard and the Los Angeles River ref name Eastsider http www.theeastsiderla.com 2009 01 tragic piece of railroad history rolls.html A tragic piece of railroad history rolls back to Los Angeles ref it killed 30 people and injured 117 more. It was the first major disaster in the LA area covered on live television ref http wikimapia.org 9945366 Santa Fe Derailment Redondo Junction site Santa Fe Derailment Redondo Junction ref , and the worst trainwreck in the city s history. ref http www.lafdmuseum.org santa fe trainwreck Santa Fe TrainWreck ref The train comprised two RDCs Budd Rail Diesel Car s which ran two return trips daily on the San Diegan train numbers 80 83 between the more conventional streamliner s. The service was very reliable although often overcrowded. They had quick acceleration but engineers complained that the brakes were very poor often inexperienced drivers completely passed stations at which they were supposed ... accidents coord 34 1 13 N 118 13 29 W display title DEFAULTSORT Redondo Junction TrainWreck Category ... only his second round trip on RDCs. The train left Union Station Los Angeles Union Station ... as medical staff and sightseers rushed to the scene. The media soon arrived and within an hour of the wreck ... into the accident estimated that the speed of the train to be 69 mph at the point it derailed .... He did not run a train again and took early retirement from the railroad ref Railroad Wrecks ... more details
. 541 passengers boarded the 4 p.m. train at Washington s Union Station Washington, D.C. Union Station ... 4193 philadelphia, pa congressional limited train wrecks, sep 1943 Philadelphia, PA Congressional Limited Train Wrecks, Sep 1943 ref . Accident All appeared normal as the train passed through North Philadelphia ... but the call came too late. Before the tower signal man could react disaster struck as the train ... been in good order. Normal practise was for signal towermen to watch passing train wheels for signs of problems and for train crew to look back as trains rounded curves. How this hot box escaped attention ... in which an overheated journal box caused an axle to break so derailing a train, in fact the first ever trainwreck involving passenger fatalities, the Hightstown rail accident had an identical cause. External links http nrhs1.org images Dispatcher Sep 09.pdf September 6, 1943 The Wreck of the Congressional ... limited train wrecks, sep 1943 Philadelphia, PA Congressional Limited Train Wrecks, Sep ... and Videos ref References refbegin http nrhs1.org images Dispatcher Sep 09.pdf September 6, 1943 The Wreck ... more details
Infobox rail accident image caption title Stockton trainwreck date August 4, 1944 time 11.45 p.m. location Stockton, Georgia country United States line operator Atlantic Coast Line Railroad type Derailment cause broken rail trains 2 pax deaths 47 injuries 41 ref name ICC ICC Investigation No. 2813 ref The Stockton trainwreck occurred on August 4, 1944 at 11.45 p.m. on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad at Stockton, Georgia and killed 47 people, mostly black labourers returning home to Alabama for the weekend ref Table 4 2 Selected Train Wrecks in the United States in the Twentieth Century in Living With Hazards, Dealing With Disasters An Introduction to Emergency Management by William L Waugh, publ. February 2000 ref ref name SHJ http www3.gendisasters.com georgia 1836 stockton, ga terrible train collision, aug 1944 Syracuse Herald Journal , New York 1944 08 06 ref . The 14 car train, en route from Waycross, Georgia Waycross , Georgia, to Montgomery, Alabama , was traveling westbound on a single track line through Stockton at a speed of 65 mph, when a broken rail beneath the 9th car derailed the 10th 14th cars into a siding where they collided with a freight train which had been standing there to let the passenger train pass. All the fatalities occurred in the 10th car which was sheared practically its entire length diagonally from the floor on the right hand side to the juncture of the roof and side sheets on the left hand side ref name ICC . The rescue operation was hampered initially by lack of light before Army trucks from Moody Field at Valdosta arrived with searchlights ref name SHJ . The resulting investigation found that this accident was caused by a broken rail, as a result of the presence of transverse fissures . It noted also that this railroad had reported 61 accidents during the previous 4 years caused either directly or indirectly by broken rails ref name ... train collision, aug 1944 Stockton, GA Terrible Train Collision, Aug 1944 Interstate Commerce Commission ... more details
trainwreck date December 20, 1917 time 5.30 p.m. location Shepherdsville, Kentucky country ... to protect train trains 2 pax deaths 49 injuries 52 ref name ICC ICC Investigation ref The Shepherdsville trainwreck was a fatal railway accident that occurred on December 20, 1917 in Shepherdsville ... seriously ref name marker http www.bcplib.org images Genealogy Train 20Disaster 1917TrainWreckMarker 3.pdf TrainWreck Marker installed at http www.bcplib.org Genealogy Train 20Disaster 1917 20Train ... and deadliest trainwreck of Kentucky s history. ref name marker ref http bullittcountyhistory.org announce.html The Bullitt County History Museum 1917 TrainWreck Book New Edition ref Accident A local train No.41, known as the Accommodation departed Union Station Louisville Union Station ... bchistory trainwreck1917.html title Bullitt County History 1917 Shepherdsville TrainWreck last Hartley ... to have died in this trainwreck. ref name BCH Father Eugene A. Bertello, Joshua Bethel Bowles, Hollis ..., ky many die trainwreck, dec 1917 Shepherdsville, KY Rear End Collision, Dec 1917 http www.trainboard.com railimages showphoto.php photo 75154 1917 Shepherdsville TrainWreck Diorama coord 37 ... Cincinnati to New Orleans express train, Flyer , pass at Shepherdsville unless he could make ... cars and was intending to make up time on the run south ref name BCH . The local train s conductor ... ref name ICC . A relief train arrived before 7 p.m. with 11 Louisville doctors and several surgeons ..., N. H. Thompson. These people have been identified as having sustained injuries as a result of the wreck ... assigned responsibility for the accident to the conductor and flagman of the local train, for failing to protect their train with fusees and torpedoes the action of these two experienced employees in failing to protect their train is inexcusable ref name ICC both were killed by the disaster . A contributing factor was the failure of the express engineman to observe properly the train ... more details
Infobox rail accident image caption title Rockport trainwreck date June 16, 1925 time 2.25 am location Rockport, Mansfield Township, Warren County, New Jersey Mansfield Township , Warren County, New Jersey Warren County , near Hackettstown, New Jersey country United States line Lackawanna Old Road operator Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad type Derailment cause Debris on track trains 1 pax 182 deaths 50 injuries The Rockport trainwreck happened at Rockport, New Jersey in Mansfield Township, Warren County, New Jersey Mansfield Township just outside Hackettstown, New Jersey Hackettstown on June 16, 1925 when a violent storm washed earth and gravel onto a level crossing, derailing a Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad train, killing 50 people. Train The train concerned was a non scheduled special train carrying 182 German American s travelling from Chicago, Illinois to Bremen in Germany . The train would take them to Hoboken, New Jersey where they would board the transatlantic Pacific steamer to take the rest of the way. The trip was organised every year to allow mid western Germans to visit their homeland. The train comprised locomotive No. 1104 pulling two passenger coaches and five Pullman car or coach Pullman cars . The train left Chicago mid morning on 15th June, travelling ... http mysiscofamily.com James Banker Accident.php James Banker Killed in TrainWreck refend reflist ... before the train set off southeast through Moscow, Pennsylvania Moscow , Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania Gouldsboro ... and on to Hoboken where their ship was waiting. Wreck On the evening of Monday June 15, a violent ... http www3.gendisasters.com new jersey 13434 hackettstown rockport nj train disaster june 1925?page ...&coll 3 Historians mark 85th anniversary of Warren County s deadliest accident, a train derailment ... rockport nj train disaster june 1925 Sterling Daily Gazette , Illinois, 1925 06 16 http www3.gendisasters.com new jersey 13434 hackettstown rockport nj train disaster june 1925?page 0 2C2 Sterling Daily ... more details
orphan date September 2010 Infobox rail accident image caption title Onawa trainwreck date December 20, 1919 time 7 14 a.m. location Northeast Piscataquis, Maine Northeast Piscataquis , Piscataquis County, Maine Piscataquis County , near Onawa, Maine country United States line International Railway of Maine operator Canadian Pacific Railway type head on collision cause mis reading of train orders trains 2 pax 300 deaths 23 injuries 50 The Onawa trainwreck was a fatal railroad accident that happened two miles west of Onawa, Maine Onawa , Maine on December 20, 1919, and killed 23 people ref name Haine Railroad Wrecks by Edgar A. Haine, page 148, publ 1993, ISBN 0 8453 4844 2 ref . The line concerned was constructed and operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway , known as the International Railway of Maine it crossed the state and provided a shortcut between the Canadian cities of Montreal and Saint John, New Brunswick ref http region.katahdincommons.com index.php?title Onawa history The Onawa TrainWreck Onawa TrainWreck ref . On the morning of 20 December 1919, Train No. 39, an eleven car immigrant special bound for Montreal, was moving west in four sections. Third 39 carried steerage passengers from the liner RMS Empress of France 1914 Empress of France which had docked in Saint John the previous day ref name mysite http mysite.du.edu jcalvert railway trainord.htm Onaw Train Order Accidents ref a few Canadian soldiers and 300 immigrants, mostly English and Scottish ref name NYT http www3.gendisasters.com maine 5891 onawa me trainwreck dec 1919 The New York Times , NY 21 Dec 1919 ref . By the time Third 39 departed Brownville Junction, Maine Brownville Junction at 6 25 a.m. it was running over five hours late ref name mysite . Freight train No.78 had departed Megantic ... hours late. This order was misread and the freight train mistakenly believed that Third 39 was now ... by special train to hospitals in Brownville Junction and Bangor, Maine Bangor ref name NYT . References ... more details
The Eden trainwreck of August 7, 1904, occurred when the No. 11 Missouri Pacific Railroad Missouri Pacific Flyer from Denver, Colorado to St Louis, Missouri crossed the Dry Creek Arroyo creek arroyo bridge near Eden Station , 8 miles north of Pueblo, Colorado . As the engine crossed the bridge, a flash flood wave passed over the trestle shearing off the front half of the train and dragging 97 people to their deaths with 14 missing. ref name ReferenceA Colorado Springs Gazette August 9 12, 1904 ref Crash coord 38 22.555 N 104 37.145 W display title The engineer, Charles Hinman had been given a thunderstorm caution and had slowed the train to 10 15 mph to watch for washaways . After the engine had crossed the arroyo creek creek , a large wave threw the cars over to the right, broke the coupling to the rear 2 Pullman and dining cars, and dragged the engine backwards into the river. The Pullman s porter, Melville Sales of St. Louis, quickly pulled the emergency air brakes saving the remaining passengers. The front Pullman car was left hanging four feet over the edge of what remained of the bridge. ref name ReferenceA Survivors Of the 100 people in the engine, baggage, smoking and chair cars, 3 passengers and 1 fireman escaped the wreckage, the fireman being thrown from the engine and the 3 survivors escaping the smoking car. Eyewitness reports say 29 people were saved in the rear of the train, newspapers accounts vary. ref name ReferenceA Response The first rescue train arrive at the scene 4 hours after the accident. As the flood waters receded, searchers found bodies as much as 22 miles down the Arkansas River . Bloodhounds were used, but had to be recalled because of quicksand ... had been rebuilt and train traffic had resumed. See also List of rail accidents pre 1950 List of bridge failures External links www.waymarking.com http www.waymarking.com waymarks WM60W4 1904 TrainWreck ... TrainWreck Category Bridge disasters in the United States Category Pueblo County, Colorado Category ... more details
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