Worst Train Wreck in Kentucky History

The Shepherdsville train wreck was a fatal rail accident that killed at least 49 people when an express collided with a local train at Shepherdsville, Kentucky ...

worst train wreck in Kentucky history

The terrible crash that took the lives of forty-nine people and injured that many more in the worst train disaster in Kentucky history.

1917 Shepherdsville Train Wreck - The Bullitt County History Museum

While local patrons disembarked and additional passengers boarded the local train, the Cincinnati to New Orleans "Flyer" express train bore down on ...

Train Wreck of 1888 - The Bullitt County History Museum - Memories

I have written a few times in the past about the great train wreck of December 1917, the worst train wreck in L & N Railroad history that killed some 49 people ...

Shepherdsville Train Tragedy | Kentucky Studies | PBS LearningMedia

20, 1917, killing 49 people. It is the worst train crash in state history. Many people traveled regularly by train in the early years of the ...

Victims of deadliest train crash in Kentucky history remembered

Dec. 20 marks 100 years ...

Colored Passenger Excursion Train Wreck, South Carrollton, KY

The injured persons were taken to Russellville, KY for treatment. The train collision was the worst that had occurred in the region and it was ...

Landslide Wrecks Train; 1910 Hawesville Kentucky

1910 Train Wreck at Hawesville Kentucky caused by landslide. When I was young I would hear stories of a train wreck just east of Hawesville.

The 1917 Train Wreck - The Historical Marker Database

The Deadliest Train Wreck in Kentucky History. Look at the railroad tracks before you., On December 20, 1917, these tracks witnessed a terrible tragedy that ...

5 Deadliest Train Crashes in United States History

The Wellington Avalanche Train Wreck resulted in one of the deadliest train disasters in United States history, with a total of 96 people killed. The accident ...

Shepherdsville Train Wreck | Kentucky Life | KET - YouTube

The deadliest train collision in Kentucky history occurred on the evening of Dec. 20, 1917, in Shepherdsville. At least 49 people (maybe 51 ...

Brooks derailment - Wikipedia

The Brooks derailment was a rail accident that occurred in Brooks, Bullitt County, Kentucky, United States, about 15 miles south of Louisville.

10 Worst Train Accidents in US History (2023)

All train crashes are tragic. However, the “Great Train Wreck of 1918” is commonly considered by experts to be the worst train accident in North American ...

Remembering the 1917 Shepherdsville Train Wreck

On Christmas Eve, six years later, a mail train was standing at Bardstown Junction when an express train rounded the bend at high speed. It ...

Train Wreck - 1888 - Ohio County, Kentucky History

Rockport, Ky., June 18, 1888. It seldom falls to the lot of letter-writers to tell a more awful story of disaster and death than is mine today.

The Deadly Train Wreck Of 1893 — Whiting-Robertsdale Historical ...

In 1893, a gruesome, head-on collision between two trains, sometimes referred to as the Colehour wreck, killed thirteen people and injured dozens more just ...

Ghosts, Wreckers, and Rotten Ties - Southern Cultures

Killing twenty-two, it was the deadliest train wreck to date in North Carolina. ... “The Story of the Wreck” Statesville Landmark, September 3, 1891. John ...

Bullitt County Memories |What happened to David Phillips?

There is a mystery related to the terrible Christmastime train wreck ... Kentucky, and died in 1903 in Kentucky, before the train wreck happened.

Dutchman's Curve train crash 'worst disaster' in Nashville's history

(WKRN) — Nashville was thrust into world news for a train accident that killed more than 100 people in an instant over a century ago. The crash ...

Toxic train derailment in Kentucky prompts state of emergency

Environmental leaders joined local law enforcement and state emergency management leaders Thursday morning to provide an update on the train ...