Railway Accidents

On This Day: Long Island Rail Road Trains Collide, Killing 79

On Nov. 22, 1950, a two-train pileup on the Long Island Rail Road killed 79 and injured hundreds more. Deadly Train Collision Casts a Shadow Over Thanksgiving On the evening of Nov. 22, the day before Thanksgiving, commuters at...

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Fatal Tri-Rail wreck killed two people in Fort Lauderdale

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.comLegal news for Florida train accident attorneys. A commuter train hit a car that was stuck on the tracks and killed two people. Florida train accident attorneys alerts- A Tri-Rail train crashed...

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Caltrans/Amtrak California Leads the Way With Rail Safety Education Efforts

Promote Statewide Awareness Through Partnership with Operation Lifesaver The red lights are flashing and the warning bells are sounding, the crossing gates are coming down and a 6,000 ton locomotive is speeding toward a vehicle...

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The Tay Rail Bridge

www.billycurrie.co.uk The Tay Bridge Disaster Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv'ry Tay! Alas! I am very sorry to say That ninety lives have been taken away On the last Sabbath day of 1879, Which will be remember'd for a very...

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Update: Lincoln Police Release Fatal Train Crash Findings

42-year-old Huy Nguyen is dead after a speeding train rammed his car early Thursday morning. A man is dead after a speeding train rammed his car early Thursday morning. Lincoln Police say Huy Nguyen drove around at least one...

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Crossing blamed for rail deaths

A report into a train accident that killed a Nottinghamshire woman and her grandson has found the rail crossing posed a risk to pedestrians. Jean Hoggart, 56, and her grandson Mikey Dawson, seven, from Hucknall were hit on the...

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Panel slams JR West's crash-probe tampering

OSAKA (Kyodo) An independent panel set up by West Japan Railway Co. has issued a report slamming the carrier's secret contact with the government that led to the leak of a confidential safety report to JR West officials looking...

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Nuclear Waste trains and the Camden Bio Hazard Lab. The ultimate dirty accident.

There are plans to build a high level virus containment facility in Camden. MI5 have voiced fears over safety around the lab [Evening Standard] and scientists from the NIMR have voiced security fears. Residents have also voiced...

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Rail crash site signs criticised

Three of the train's axles derailed in the crash. Picture by Steve Parrott Signs indicating a railway line where a motorist was involved in a fatal collision with a high-speed train were "unsatisfactory", a coroner has said....

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Rail disruption after derailment

Rail commuters are facing a second day of disruption after a crash led to a train derailment in Leeds. The collision, between two empty East Midlands trains at the Neville Hill maintenance depot, took place in the early hours...

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