The 5 Worst Train Accidents in History

A timeline of the world's worst rail disasters over the past decade ...

Track behind Indian Express disaster ... At least 146 people died when an Indore-Patna Express train with around 2,000 people on board derailed ...

railroad disasters in Wisconsindisasters | Wisconsin Historical Society

Other serious railroad disasters were those at Kenosha (June, 1864; 3 dead); near De Pere (June 24, 1900; 6 killed, over 60 injured); at Alma (May 30, 1902); ...

10 of Canada's worst train accidents - Macleans.ca

1. St-Hilaire train disaster (June 29, 1864): With an estimated 99 casualties, it still stands as Canada's deadliest train accident.

Quintinshill Disaster 22 May 1915 | National Records of Scotland

At 6.45 on the morning of 22 May 1915, a troop train carrying soldiers of the 1/7th Battalion Royal Scots crashed into a stationary local passenger train near ...

The Five Deadliest Train Derailments in U.S. History - The Daily Beast

Despite attempts to signal the conductor, the train was unable to stop in time, and it crashed into the derailed cars. Luckily, they had been ...

'I remember every February the 8th': Alberta's deadliest train crash

The crash just east of Hinton killed 23 passengers and crew, and injured another 95 people. It was the worst rail disaster in Alberta history and one of the ...

The Wreck of the Broker: The Woodbridge Train Disaster of 1951

... 5 to piece this wreckage back together, bringing the history ... Opening their doors, they saw the deadliest train wreck in state history.

The worst rail disasters in freight history - FreightWaves

The worst rail disasters in freight history · Fallout from Ohio train derailment calls to mind disasters from years past · Lac-Mégantic, Quebec.

10 Infamous Real-Life Train Disasters | Articles on WatchMojo.com

#1: Sri Lanka Tsunami Train Wreck (2004). The deadliest rail disaster in recorded history, the loss of the Queen of the Sea resulted in over 900 official ...

The UK's Worst Train Crashes - Train Enthusiast

Quintinshill in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, was the scene of the worst rail disasters in the history of trains in the UK, which resulted in the deaths of 226 ...

Deadliest Train & Railroad Accidents In History - WorldAtlas

Deadliest Train & Railroad Accidents In History · 10. Egyptian National Railways, Al-Ayyat, Egypt, February 20, 2002 (383 dead) · 8. Renfe Operadora, Torre del ...

Amtrak's history of multiple casualty train derailments

The worst wreck as far as overall casualties was the 1990 collision of an Amtrak train with a Boston commuter train that left 453 injured, but ...

Railroad Accidents - History - Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben

Egypt's worst train disaster. May 25, Muamba, Mozambique: 192 died and dozens more injured when passenger cars rolled for several miles at top speed into ...

What Was the Deadliest Train Crash in California?

A: The Great Train Wreck of 1918, which occurred in Nashville, Tennessee, is believed to be the deadliest train crash in United States history, ...

A look at some of Europe's train disasters in recent times | AP News

The crash killed 45 people, including five children, and injured a further 184. It was the worst train disaster in Montenegro's history.

These Are the Worst Train Derailments in U.S. History - Newsweek

On February 3, a Norfolk Southern Railway train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. The train was transporting various toxic chemicals, including ...

History of Train Accidents in Los Angeles & Safety Tips | GreyLaw

In September 2008, a Metrolink train transporting 225 passengers crashed into a Union Pacific train carrying freight. Today, the collision is known as the worst ...

What caused Britain's worst train crash of the 21st century?

Britain's worst rail crash of the 21st century saw 10 people dead including the drivers of two trains at Great Heck near Selby, North Yorkshire, on this day in ...

Major Rail Accidents Fast Facts - WRAL.com

June 6, 1981 - Bihar, India: India's worst rail accident to date occurs during inclement weather when a train derails and plunges into a river ...

Deadliest Train Crashes in the U.S. Over the Past 25 Years

The New Jersey Transit train crash in Hoboken Thursday joins a sobering list of fatal rail crashes in the past two decades in America.