Railway accidents Railway accidents The 1995 Palo Verde derailment happened on October 9, 1995, an Amtrak Sunset Limited train derailed near Palo Verde, Arizona. The two locomotives and eight of the twelve train cars derailed, four of them falling 30 feet off a bridge into a dry river bed. One person, a sleeping car attendant, was killed, and 78 were injured. ...more on Wikipedia about "1995 Palo Verde derailment"
The 1996 Gaithersburg Metrorail Accident was an accident that occurred at the Shady Grove station at the western terminus of Metro's Red Line at about 10:40pm on Saturday, January 6, 1996, in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland. ...more on Wikipedia about "1996 Gaithersburg Metrorail Accident"
A head on collision occurred at Abermule, Montgomeryshire, Wales on the 26 January 1921, killing 17 passengers. The crash arose from misuderstandings between staff which effectively overode the safe operation of the Electric Train Tablet protecting the single line. A train departed carrying the wrong staff for the section it was entering and collided with a train coming the other way. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abermule train collision"
The Al Ayyat train disaster happened at 02:00 on the morning of 22 February 2002 on a passenger train of 11 carriages, running from Cairo to Luxor. In its fifth carriage a cooking gas cylinder exploded and created a fire which spread as the train ran. 7 of its carriages were burnt. 383 people, all Egyptian, died in the fire or were killed attempting to jump from the train. ...more on Wikipedia about "Al Ayyat train disaster"
The Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster, also called the "Ashtabula Horror", was the worst train disaster in American history when it occurred in Ohio on 29 December 1876 at 7:28 p.m. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster"
The Baltimore rail crash was a 60-car train derailment that occurred in a tunnel in Baltimore on July 18, 2001. The derailment sparked a chemical fire that raged for six days and virtually shut down the downtown area until the heat caused a water main to rupture, largely extinguishing the fire but also causing significant flooding in the streets above. Three weeks later, manhole covers flew into the air as underground explosions along West Pratt Street followed due to residual explosive chemicals from the fire left in the sewers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Baltimore rail crash"
In the Balvano train disaster of March 3, 1944, over 500 people who stole a ride on a steam-hauled freight train died of carbon monoxide poisoning when the train stalled in a tunnel. The accident occurred in Italy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Balvano train disaster"
In the Beresfield rail disaster of 23 October, 1997, a coal train passed a red signal and ploughed into the rear of another coal train, causing a collision and derailment that blocked all four tracks. The accident occurred at night at Beresfield, New South Wales, Australia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beresfield rail disaster"
The Big Bayou Canot train disaster of September 22, 1993, is the worst disaster in the history of United States railroad company Amtrak. ...more on Wikipedia about "Big Bayou Canot train disaster"
The Bioče train disaster was a train crash on January 23, 2006 in Montenegro, one of the two republics of Serbia and Montenegro. At least 45 people (including 5 children) were killed and another 184 injured. It was the worst train disaster in Montenegrin history. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bioče train disaster"
The Bourbonnais train accident occurred March 15 1999 at 9:47pm Central (local) time in Bourbonnais, Illinois in the United States. The southbound Amtrak train 59, the City of New Orleans, hit a semi truck, loaded with steel, that was blocking a grade crossing. The accident resulted in the deaths of 11 of the train's passengers, 122 injuries and over US$14 million in damages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bourbonnais train accident"
The Camp Mountain train disaster occurred at approximately 9:48am on May 5, 1947 when a crowded picnic train derailed on a sharp left-hand curve between Ferny Grove and Camp Mountain stations on the now-closed Dayboro line, approximately 20km northwest of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. 16 people were killed, including both the driver and the fireman. 38 were injured. This is still the largest loss of life in a rail accident on the Queensland Rail system. ...more on Wikipedia about "Camp Mountain train disaster"
The Chase, Maryland wreck occurred at 1:04 PM on January 4, 1987 on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor main line near Chase, Maryland at Gunpow Interlocking, about 18 miles northeast of Baltimore. Amtrak train 94, the Colonial, from Washington DC to Boston crashed into a set of Conrail locomotives running light. Amtrak train 94's speed at the time of the collision was estimated at about 108 mph. Fifteen passengers on the Amtrak train were killed, along with the Amtrak engineer. Two EMD AEM7s (900 and 903) were destroyed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chase, Maryland rail wreck"
The Cowan rail disaster occurred on 6 June 1990 when a special passenger train hauled by steam locomotive 3801 failed while attempting to climb the steep gradient from the Hawkesbury River to Cowan, New South Wales, Australia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cowan rail crash" My way is http://www.shortopedia.com
The Daegu subway fire of February 18, 2003 killed at least 198 people and injured at least 147. An arsonist set fire to a train stopped at the Joongang-ro (or Jungang-ro) station of the Daegu Metropolitan Subway in Daegu, South Korea. The fire then spread to a second train which had entered the station from the opposite direction. ...more on Wikipedia about "Daegu subway fire"
Dugald, Manitoba is a town 22 km east of Winnipeg, Manitoba with a population of about 800. It was the site of a railway accident in 1947. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dugald, Manitoba"
The Eschede train disaster was the worst train accident since 1967 in German history and the world's worst high-speed train disaster . It happened on 3 June 1998, near the village of Eschede in the district of Celle, Lower Saxony (coordinates: ). 101 people died and 88 were severely injured. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eschede train disaster"
The Exeter crossing loop collision occurred at Exeter railway station in New South Wales, in the 1910s just before the line was duplicated. It happened in fog. One train too long for loop. The other train failed to see the signals. ...more on Wikipedia about "Exeter crossing loop collision"
The Gare Montparnasse is a train station located in the Montparnasse area, in the XIVe arrondissement of Paris, France. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gare Montparnasse"
The 1963 Geurie crossing loop collision occurred at night, when it was hard to see things. The train in the crossing loop was unfortunately standing foul of main line, so that when the opposing train arrived, a collision occurred. Geurie is located between Orange, New South Wales and Dubbo. ...more on Wikipedia about "Geurie crossing loop collision"
The Ghotki rail crash occurred on July 13 2005 at around 3:40am local time (2240 July 12 UTC) in Ghotki, Pakistan. A train stopping at the Sarhad(a town near Ghotki)rail station was hit from behind by a train that missed a signal. The collision caused several of the cars to derail. The derailed cars were subsequently hit by a third train, which resulted in a total of seventeen wrecked train cars, which carried over 3000 passengers and the whole staff of Srahad railway station ran away when accident happened. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ghotki rail crash"
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The Glenbrook train disaster was a railway accident in New South Wales, Australia on December 3 1999. It happened on a curve of track east of Glenbrook station on the CityRail network between Springwood and Penrith. ...more on Wikipedia about "Glenbrook train disaster"
The Graniteville train disaster is an American rail disaster that occurred on January 6 2005, in Graniteville, South Carolina. ...more on Wikipedia about "Graniteville train disaster"
(Granville railway disaster) An Australian movie made in 1998, Day of the Roses, follows the coronial investigation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Granville railway disaster"
The Great East Thompson Train Wreck was a large rail disaster which occurred in East Thompson, Connecticut, on December 4, 1891. 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. That railroad is now abandoned, and most of its tracks removed. It was one of the most extensive train wrecks in American history, since it is to date the only one to involve four trains. ...more on Wikipedia about "Great East Thompson Train Wreck" Stay cool with http://www.shortopedia.com. Railway_accidents
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