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  1. Great Train Wreck of 1918

    101 injuries 171 The Great Train Wreck of 1918 occurred on July 9, 1918, in Nashville, Tennessee ...more footnotes date July 2011 Infobox rail accident image 1918trainwreck.jpg title Great Train Wreck of 1918 date July 9, 1918 time 7 20 am location Nashville, Tennessee country United States line operator ... Train wreck rail accident in United States history. ref cite news title Nashville now and then Off ... enforcement of operating rules led to this worst passenger train wreck in U.S. history. Had the signal ... cite news title N. & C. Wreck Near Nashville Takes Toll of Dead and Hurt date July 9, 1918 work Nashville ... crew and tower operators, all of whom failed to properly 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 ... 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, pulled by locomotive No. 281, was heading into Nashville ... Pullman sleeping cars of steel construction, the No. 1 train had departed McKenzie, Tennessee McKenzie ... 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, with the orders to stop in the double track ... one track. While No.4 train traversed the double track section, the Conductor transportation conductor .... The crew either made the same error or were negligent in properly identifying the train. As No.4 ... signal from the tower s train order signals, indicating all was clear. As he stopped to record the train ... whistle, but there was no one at the rear of No.4 to hear it. The train passed on the assumption that the clear train order board indicated that the line ahead was clear. Also, the engineman and conductor failed to visually inspect the train register at Shops Junction to ascertain as to whether ...   more details



  1. Great Train Wreck of 1856

    title The Great Train Wreck of 1856 date July 17, 1856 location Fort Washington, Pennsylvania country ... title The Great Train Wreck of 1856 publisher http home.catholicweb.com StMichaelsHistory index.cfm ... title 1856 railway accidents Upper Dublin Township, Pennsylvania DEFAULTSORT Great Train Wreck Of 1856 ... Shakamaxon and Aramingo pax Shakamaxon 1,100 1,500 Aramingo 20 deaths Approx 60 injuries Over 100 The Great Train Wreck of 1856 occurred between Camp Hill and Fort Washington, Pennsylvania Fort Washington ... days after the Great Wreck, The New York Times published a scathing editorial exhorting railroads ... Hill Disaster in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Montgomery County , and The Picnic Train Tragedy ..., 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 Special ... to a full day at the park. The train, reported by The New York Times on July 18, 1856, as carrying ..., partly due to the large number of passengers aboard. The train s steam locomotive locomotive was called ... children. The rear cars carried women and the younger children. The train had to make periodic stops to regain enough pressure to continue. At the Wissahickon station another train, the Aramingo ... was an excursion train, which confused matters. At 6 15, the Aramingo, carrying 20 passengers from ... other. As he neared a blind curve just past Camp Hill Station, the train was travelling slightly downhill ... train were decimated and the subsequent derailment derailed caused a fire to spread among the wooden ... along the length of the train. A bucket brigade , equipped with tubs, buckets, pails, kettles ... the train approaching. I saw the down train first, just coming through the cut above Camp Hill station ... 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 ...   more details



  1. 1887 Great Chatsworth train wreck

    Infobox rail accident image Chatsworth train wreck harpersweekly.jpg caption A Harper s Weekly impression of the accident title The 1887 Great Chatsworth train wreck 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 train wreck was a major rail accident that occurred late on the night of August ... missing Illinois DEFAULTSORT Great Chatsworth train wreck Category Livingston County, Illinois Category Railway accidents in the United States Category Railway accidents in 1887 Great Chatsworth train wreck Category Disasters in Illinois Great Chatsworth train wreck Category Rail transportation in Illinois Great Chastworth train wreck Category Bridge disasters in the United States Category Bridge ... title 1887 train wreck 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 ... train departed Peoria, traveling east through Eureka, Illinois Eureka and Chenoa, Illinois Chenoa ... cars. In total, the train carried about 700 vacationers taking advantage of a special offer to visit ... Wounded. A CROWDED EXCURSION TRAIN CRASHES THROUGH A BURNING BRIDGE PERHAPS THE WORK OF THIEVES. author ... cars attached to the rear of the train halted just short of the bridge. ref name kemp 20070805 ... Chatsworth wreck historical marker.jpg thumb right Historical marker erected by the state of Illinois in 1954 to commemorate the Chatsworth wreck. In 1954, the state of Illinois placed a historical ... Wreck Midnight, August 10 11, 1887 One half mile north on the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad occurred one of the worst wrecks in American rail history. An excursion train two engines and approximately ...   more details



  1. Great East Thompson Train Wreck

    Coord 42.0089 71.8092 display title Infobox rail accident image title Great East Thompson Train Wreck 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 Train Wreck 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 Local freight to Southbridge, Massachusetts the town of that name just over the Massachusetts border, and freight train No. 212 ... The Great East Thompson Train Wreck Category Thompson, Connecticut Category Railway accidents in the United ... 2007 11 28 news 0711270625 1 freight train eastbound train train wreck Dec. 4 Will Mark 116th Anniversary Of Train Wreck , Marlene Clark, Hartford Courant , November 28, 2007 ref Meanwhile ... crewmen remembered the Norwich Steamboat Train. A Flagman rail flagman was sent out, but was too ... station, and hundreds of people were injured in the wreck, only two people were confirmed ... was not on the train, as he reappears very much alive in legal documents more than three years after ... Railroad through this area is now an undeveloped rail trail . ref name courant The location of the wreck ...   more details



  1. Great Revere Train Wreck of 1871

    Infobox rail accident title Great Revere Train Wreck 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 Train Wreck 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 heavier 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 off sp us as he approached the Revere Station. The local commuter train, also running several ... by the escaping hot water. ref http www.celebrateboston.com disasters revere train wreck 1871.htm Eastern Railroad Revere Train Wreck, 1871 ref Some passengers that were trapped in the splintered rear .... Today, the accident remains the most deadly train wreck 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 ... local, telescoping the rear cars. The scene of the accident was horrific. The express train ...   more details



  1. Train wreck

    Other uses Image Train wreck at Montparnasse 1895.jpg thumb right 300px Train wreck at Gare Montparnasse , Paris , France , 1895 A train wreck or train crash is a type of disaster involving one or more train s. Train wrecks often occur as a result of miscommunication, as when a moving train meets another train on the same track or an accident, such as when a train wheel jumps off a rail tracks track in a derailment or when a boiler explosion occurs. Train wrecks have often been widely covered in popular media and in folklore. Legal consequences Because train wrecks usually cause widespread property damage as well as injury or death, the intentional wrecking of a train in regular service is often treated as an extremely serious crime . For example, in the U.S. state of California , the penalty for intentionally causing a non fatal train wreck is life imprisonment with the possibility of parole . ref cite web work California Penal Code title Section 219 url http codes.lp.findlaw.com cacode PEN 3 1 8 5 s219 accessdate 2011 03 30 ref For a fatal train wreck, the possible sentences are either life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, or Capital punishment death . See also Lists of rail accidents List of accidents and disasters by death toll Train accidents and disasters List of accidents and disasters by death toll Classification of railway accidents Signal passed at danger Tram accident Derailment Boiler explosion List of bridge disasters Bridge disaster Emergency management Head on collision The crash at Crush, Texas , an intentional train wreck conducted as a publicity stunt Category Railroad accident victims The folk song Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train , about politicians and bank failures References references External links http www.trainwreckcentral2.com A train wreck site, with photos http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi south asia 3650835.stm BBC News World s worst rail disasters Rail accidents Category Railway accidents fi Junaonnettomuus he nl Spoorwegongeval ...   more details



  1. Hammond Circus Train Wreck

    M. 2010 The Great Circus Train Wreck of 1918 , published by The History House, Charleston, NC ... Circus Train Wreck.jpg title Hammond Circus Train Wreck date June 22, 1918 time 4 00 am location Ivanhoe ... falling asleep trains 2 pax deaths 86 injuries 127 The Hammond circus train wreck occurred on June 22, 1918, and was one of the worst train wreck 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 train wreck 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 train wreck perished .... Studying the wreck The wreck is described in great detail in the report of the joint Interstate ... Hammond circus train wreck Category Hammond, Indiana Category Rail transportation 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



  1. Train wreck (disambiguation)

    wiktionarypar train wreck A train wreck is a train crash. Train wreck may also refer to Train wreck cluster , an astronomical galaxy cluster, also known as Abell 520 Trainwreck band , an American rock band Trainwreck album , an album by Boys Night Out Chip Taylor Train Wreck Records Train Wreck Records , an independent record label founded by Chip Taylor A metaphor to describe something disastrous disambig ...   more details



  1. Green Mountain train wreck

    Fatal Train Wreck 100 years ago ref A train wreck earlier that morning at Shellsburg, Iowa Shellsburg ... cars ref http www3.gendisasters.com iowa 8060 gladbrook ia train wreck mar 1910 horrifying disaster ... Iowa train wreck remembered http www3.gendisasters.com iowa 8058 gladbrook ia train wreck mar 1910 Gladbrook, IA Train Wreck, Mar 1910 http www.familyoldphotos.com 8c IAcoll gladbrook trainwreck.htm Gladbrook, IA Train Wreck Photos coord 42 9 53 N 92 46 00 W display title DEFAULTSORT Green Mountain Train Wreck 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 ... Category Chicago Great Western Railway Category Rail transportation in Iowa Category Tama County ...   more details



  1. Bagley train wreck

    Infobox rail accident image caption title Bagley train wreck 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 train wreck 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 ... train wreck 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 train wreck 2C dec 1944?page 0 2C2 The Ogden Standard Examiner ..., ut train wreck, dec 1944 The Ogden Standard Examiner Utah 1945 01 01 ref . At Bagley a siding, 17 ... utah 370 bagley, ut train wreck, dec 1944 Bagley, UT Train Wreck Interstate Commerce Commission ... 5C2856.PDF Investigation No.2856 coord missing Utah DEFAULTSORT Bagley Train Wreck 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 to properly control the speed of the following train in accordance ... fog Category Southern Pacific Railroad Category Great Salt Lake Category Rail transportation in Utah ...   more details



  1. Woodbridge train wreck

    Infobox rail accident image caption title Woodbridge train wreck 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 train wreck 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 Train Wreck 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 train wreck recalled ... the day after the accident http www.slangon.com blog ?p 281 Worst Train Disaster in New Jersey History http woodbridgetownshipnj.tripod.com woodbridgetraincrash The Woodbridge Train Wreck http ... 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 ... Woodbridge the conductor, alarmed at the train s speed had tried to pull the emergency cord but the crush ... mph. Fitzsimmons continued working for the railroad though he never drove a train again. A raft of lawsuits ... 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 train wreck recalled in tears http www.woodbridgefdnj.org History Wreck SL sl.htm I never saw anything like ...   more details



  1. New Market train wreck

    Infobox rail accident image NewMarketTrainWreck.jpg caption Photo of wreck title New Market train wreck 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 Train Wreck 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 Train Wreck 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 Train Wreck ref Collision The trains met on New ..., tn train wreck, sept 1904 Hodges, TN New Market Train Wreck, 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 Train Wreck http www.medscape.com viewarticle 704168 Disaster Management at the 1904 New Market, Tennessee Train Wreck Role of a Surgeon http www3.gendisasters.com tennessee 555 hodges, tn train wreck, sept 1904 Hodges, TN New Market Train Wreck, 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 ... news of the crash reached Knoxville, a relief train was organised to bring doctors and medical supplies ... the train and many photographs of the scene were made see http jc schools.net nms TRAINHISTORY.htm ...   more details



  1. Connellsville train wreck

    Infobox rail accident image caption title Connellsville train wreck date December 23, 1903 time 7.45pm ... 68 The Connellsville train wreck killed 64 people and injured 68. ref http books.google.co.uk books ... pennsylvania 10329 laurel run pa train wreck dec 1903 sixty dead in wreck New York Times ... pennsylvania 10330 laurel run pa train wreck 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 train wreck 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 train wreck dec 1903 sixty dead in wreck New York Times New York, NY 24 Dec 1903 ref The train comprised 4 4 2 ... spilling onto the eastbound track, without knowledge of the train crew. ref http www3.gendisasters.com pennsylvania 10327 laurel run pa train wreck dec 1903 victims total 64 New York Times ref ... to flag down the next westbound passenger train, which managed to stop just short of the wreck. A relief train was organised which arrived on the scene at 9 pm amid reports that many of the bodies .... ref http www3.gendisasters.com pennsylvania 10328 laurel run pa train wreck dec 1903 cause wreck ... 10326 laurel run pa train wreck dec 1903 Laurel Run, PA Train Wreck, Dec 1903 contains transcripts ... 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 ... Pullmans and a dining car. ref http www3.gendisasters.com pennsylvania 10330 laurel run pa train wreck 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 ...   more details



  1. Jeannette's Creek train wreck

    Infobox rail accident image caption title Jeannette s Creek train wreck date October 27, 1854 time 5.00 am location Chatham Kent , Ontario country Canada line operator Great Western Railway Ontario Great Western Railway type Rear end collision cause trains 2 pax deaths 52 injuries 48 The Baptiste Creek train wreck was a fatal railroad accident that occurred on October 27, 1854 at Baptiste Creek near present day Jeannettes Creek, Ontario Jeannettes Creek in Chatham Kent , Ontario . It was Canada s first major train wreck 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 ... last2 Gilbert first2 Lisa title 1854 train wreck near Jeannette s Creek newspaper The Chatham Daily ... display title DEFAULTSORT Jeannette s Creek Train Wreck Category Railway accidents in 1854 Category ... at Baptiste Creek station that it was safe to venture onto the main line as the passenger 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  mph. The collision ...   more details



  1. South Bend train wreck

    instjose disasters train wreck june 1859.htm newspaper Chicago Journal transcriber Julie Chitwood ... cite news url http www.rootsweb.ancestry.com instjose disasters train wreck june 1859.htm newspaper ...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 Train Wreck 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 Train Wreck known also as the Great Mishawaka Train Wreck ref name timeline cite web url http mishawaka.in.gov timeline author City of Mishawaka, Indiana title Mishawaka s History Timeline year 2002 2012 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 Haine, p. 43. 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 bridge ref Haine, pp 99 100. ref over a convert 25 ft adj on deep ravine at a speed of convert 10 to 20 mph abbr on when the embankment collapsed, plunging the entire train into a torrent of water, drowning many. According to the Chicago Journal The engine was literally buried in the opposite side of the ravine in quicksand and mud, and the tender, baggage and express car, and two second class cars, were shattered ... became blocked causing build up of water behind the embankment which collapsed as the train was crossing. The westbound train had passed over safely at 8 30 p.m. ref name CJ One body was found ...   more details



  1. Shohola train wreck

    Infobox rail accident image caption title Great Shohola Train Wreck 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 train wreck occurred ... the telescoped cars ref http treadleworksbytammy.blogspot.com 2009 07 great shohola train wreck.html Treadleworks by Tammy The Great Shohola Train Wreck ref Aftermath The citizens of Shohola and nearby ... The Great Shohola Train Wreck site photos http www.shoholahistorical.org Shohola Railroad ... ARTS&storyID 811771 Horror of Civil War train wreck still echoes Times Union Albany NY ref and 128 Union ... http explorepahistory.com hmarker.php?markerId 667 Civil War Prison Train Wreck 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 Train Wreck 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 Train Wreck 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



  1. Michigan train wreck

    Infobox rail accident image caption title Michigan train wreck 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 train wreck 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 Train Wreck 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 transportation ...   more details



  1. Glenrock train wreck

    Infobox rail accident image caption title Glenrock train wreck 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 train wreck is the worst train wreck 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 Train Wreck in Wyoming History 1923 ref The nearest current community is Meadow ... ref name DMN http www3.gendisasters.com wyoming 4346 glen rock, wy train wreck, 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 train wreck, oct 1923 Fairplay Flume ... 4346 glen rock, wy train wreck, sept 1923 Glen Rock, WY Train Wreck, Sept 1923 http www3.gendisasters.com wyoming 988 lockett, wy train wreck, oct 1923 Lockett, WY Train Wreck, Oct 1923 http ntl1.specialcollection.net ... ICC Report coord 42 52 26 N 106 02 00 W display title DEFAULTSORT Glenrock Train Wreck 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



  1. Eden train wreck

    The Eden train wreck 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 ... Eden Train Wreck Category Bridge disasters in the United States Category Washouts Category ... of the train, newspapers accounts vary. ref name ReferenceA Response The first rescue train arrive ... had been rebuilt and train traffic had resumed. See also Lists of rail accidents List of bridge failures References Reflist External links http www.waymarking.com waymarks WM60W4 1904 Train Wreck Eden Colorado 1904 Train Wreck Eden, Colorado http www.kmitch.com Pueblo edenwreck.html Pueblo County, Colorado 1904 Eden Train Wreck http files.usgwarchives.org co pueblo newspapers listofde3nnw.txt Pueblo County CO Archives News List of Dead and Missing in Sunday s Railroad Wreck August 12, 1904 Links ...   more details



  1. Redondo Junction train wreck

    Infobox rail accident image caption title Redondo Junction train wreck 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 train wreck 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 southwest 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 train wreck in the city s history. ref http www.lafdmuseum.org santa fe train wreck Santa Fe Train Wreck 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 Train Wreck 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



  1. Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train

    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 disambiguation Gravy train Category American folk songs Category 1930 songs Category Financial crises folk song stub Tennessee stub ...   more details



  1. Onawa train wreck

    orphan date September 2010 Infobox rail accident image caption title Onawa train wreck 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 train wreck 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 Train Wreck Onawa Train Wreck 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 train wreck 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



  1. Indianola train wreck

    Number 1 B accessdate June 2, 2011 ref Accident On the morning of May 29, 1911, Train number 12 pulled ... at McCook, Nebraska to receive orders from the local dispatcher. Train number 9 pulled by engine ... one another. However, eastbound train number 12 continued past Red Willow and built up speed to approximately ... at approximately convert 25 mph abbr on . In a dense fog neither train was able to stop in time and at 7 .... The three forward cars of each train were smashed and every car of the westbound Denver went into a ditch ... of the accident was that eastbound train number 12 failed to stop at Red Willow as directed in Order 19 which read Train number 9 will meet ...No 12 at Red Willow and..No 12 will take aiding . Further ... Lyon at McCook to Conductor F.W. Rank of Train number 12 was never delivered. Neither man, nor the Engineer of Train Number 12 John N. Hyder discovered the omission. br The ICC added that the collision ..., Latest Facts on Wreck , McCook Tribune , June 1, 1911 http chroniclingamerica.loc.gov lccn sn94056415 ... in Wreck , The Tipton Daily Tribune ,Tipton, Indiana, May 30, 1911, p. 3 Trains Meet 14 Killed , The New ..., 1911 Trains Collide 9 are killed , The Muscatine Journal , Muscatine, Iowa, May 29, 1911 Wreck on the Burlington , Adams County Free Press , Corning, Adams County, Iowa, June 3, 1911 9 Killed in Train Crash , Oakland Tribune , Oakland, CA, May 29, 1911 Twelve Killed in Burlington Wreck, and Many ... lccn sn94056415 1911 06 01 ed 1 seq 7 Library of Congress, Chronicling America, Scenes from the Wreck ...   more details



  1. Frankford Junction train wreck

    Infobox rail accident image caption title Frankford Junction train wreck date September 6, 1943 time 6.06 pm location Frankford Junction, Pennsylvania country United States line Northeast Corridor operator Pennsylvania Railroad type axle snapped cause Overheated journal box trains 1 pax 541 deaths 79 injuries 117 The Frankford Junction train wreck occurred on September 6, 1943 when Pennsylvania Railroad s premier train, the Congressional Limited crashed at Frankford Junction, Pennsylvania Frankford Junction in the Kensington, Pennsylvania Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania in the United States, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others. Train The Congressional Limited traveled between Washington D.C. and New York City , normally making one stop in Newark, New Jersey , covering the 330 miles in 3 hours at speeds up to 80  mph, remarkable at the time. As it was the Labor Day Weekend in 1943, the company laid on 16 car trains to accommodate the expected high demand ... derailing a train, in fact, the first ever train wreck involving passenger fatalities, the Hightstown ... boarded the 4 p.m. train, its 16 cars hauled by PRR GG1 electric locomotive number 4930 ref name ICC ... philadelphia, pa congressional limited train wrecks, sep 1943 Philadelphia, PA Congressional Limited Train Wrecks, Sep 1943 ref Accident Everything appeared in order as the train passed through North ..., but the call came too late. Before the tower man could react, disaster struck as the train ... to watch passing train wheels for signs of problems and for train crew to look back as trains rounded ... References refbegin http nrhs1.org images Dispatcher Sep 09.pdf September 6, 1943 The Wreck of the Congressional ... Sep 09.pdf September 6, 1943 The Wreck of the Congressional Limited at Philadelphia, Pa http www3.gendisasters.com pennsylvania 4193 philadelphia, pa congressional limited train wrecks, sep 1943 Philadelphia, PA Congressional Limited Train Wrecks, Sep 1943 http news.google.com newspapers?nid 1368 ...   more details



  1. Rockport train wreck

    Infobox rail accident image caption title Rockport train wreck 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 train wreck happened at Rockport, New Jersey , in Mansfield Township ... James Banker Killed in Train Wreck refend reflist External links http ntl1.specialcollection.net ..., Lackawanna & Western Railroad train and killing 50 people. Train The train was a non scheduled special train carrying 182 German American s travelling from Chicago, Illinois , to Bremen in Germany . Part of an annual excursion organized to allow midwestern Germans to visit their homeland, the train ... to take the rest of the way. The train s locomotive No. 1104 was pulling two passenger coaches and five Pullman car or coach Pullman cars . The train left Chicago mid morning on June 15, travelling ... Scranton , there was a crew change before the train set off southeast through Moscow, Pennsylvania ..., New Jersey Morristown . The train had been scheduled to travel via Blairstown, NJ Blairstown ... at Slateford Junction near the Delaware Water Gap , who may have been aware that the train was hours ..., of the Lackawanna Railroad . This new route was to take the train through Washington, NJ , and Hackettstown, NJ , before rejoining the main line near Lake Hopatcong . Wreck On the evening of June ... rockport nj train disaster june 1925?page 0 2C2 Sterling Daily Gazette , Illinois, 1925 06 ... of Warren County s deadliest accident, a train derailment that made international headlines http www3.gendisasters.com new jersey 13434 hackettstown rockport nj train disaster june 1925 Sterling Daily ... nj train disaster june 1925?page 0 2C2 Sterling Daily Gazette , Illinois, 1925 06 17 coord 40 49 18 ...   more details




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