Great Train Crashes Since 1900
I have been searching for incidents on and about this time frame across the web. I found this website. There are several listings on various incidents out there, so I am trying to vary the content and context of my postings. Woorking off of a previous post on the Hammond Circus Train Crash I decided to post on train crashes. I am sorry I haven't posted photographs of these events or elaborated on the incidents, some I do not have a great deal of knowledge while others I may post on in the future.
Here is a list of some of the major train disasters since 1900:
May 22, 1915: Passenger train collides with a troop train in Gretna, Scotland killing 227.
Dec. 12, 1917: A troop train derailed near the entrance of Mt. Cenis tunnel in Modane, France and killed 543 soliders.
Jan. 16, 1944: Train wrecks in the Torro Tunnel in Leon Province, Spain. More than 500 people were killed.
Mar. 2, 1944: A train broke down in a tunnel in Salerno, Italy, causing 521 passengers to suffocate.
Oct. 22, 1949: The Danzig-Warsaw express derails in Nr. Dwor, Poland. Resulting in the death of more than 200.
Apr. 3, 1955: A delrailed train plunged into a canyon in Guadalajara, Mexico killing 300.
Sept. 29, 1957: An express train collided with a stationary oil train in Montgomery, West Pakistan killing 250.
Feb. 1, 1970: An express train ramed into a stationary commuter train in Buenos Aires, Argentina killing 236 people.
Oct. 6, 1972: A train carrying religious pilgrims derailed and caught fire in Saltillo, Mexico killing 208.
June 6, 1981: A train crashes after a bridge collapsed in flash floods from a monsoon in Bihar, India. Reports state that more than 800 people were killed in what is reported as the worst train disaster in history.
June 3, 1989: A liquefied gas pipeline exploded and engulfed two Trans-Siberian Railroad trains that were parked outside the Central Asian city of Ufa (previously a part of the Soviet Union) killing 575 people.
Jan. 4, 1990: An overcrowded 16-car passenger train collided with stationary freight train in Sindh Province, Pakistan resulting in the death of more than 210.
Sept 22, 1994: Faulty brakes are reported to have caused a train to crash in a ravine in Tolunda, Angola killing 300.
Aug. 20, 1995: A speeding passenger train crashed into a train which had struck a cow, then stalling out in Firozabad, India resulting in the death of 358.
Aug. 2, 1999: Two express trains collided head-on in Gauhati, India, reports states that more than 285 people were killed.
Feb. 20, 2002: An overcrowded train traveling from Cairo to the Egyptian city of Luxor erupted into flames, then traveled 2 1/2 miles before the driver was able to bring it to a stop. More than 360 people died in this incident.
Feb. 18, 2004: Runaway train cars bearing fuel and industrial chemicals derailed, causing explosions resulting in the destruction of five villages in Neyshabur, Iran. At least 200 people were killed.
Here is a list of some of the major train disasters since 1900:
May 22, 1915: Passenger train collides with a troop train in Gretna, Scotland killing 227.
Dec. 12, 1917: A troop train derailed near the entrance of Mt. Cenis tunnel in Modane, France and killed 543 soliders.
Jan. 16, 1944: Train wrecks in the Torro Tunnel in Leon Province, Spain. More than 500 people were killed.
Mar. 2, 1944: A train broke down in a tunnel in Salerno, Italy, causing 521 passengers to suffocate.
Oct. 22, 1949: The Danzig-Warsaw express derails in Nr. Dwor, Poland. Resulting in the death of more than 200.
Apr. 3, 1955: A delrailed train plunged into a canyon in Guadalajara, Mexico killing 300.
Sept. 29, 1957: An express train collided with a stationary oil train in Montgomery, West Pakistan killing 250.
Feb. 1, 1970: An express train ramed into a stationary commuter train in Buenos Aires, Argentina killing 236 people.
Oct. 6, 1972: A train carrying religious pilgrims derailed and caught fire in Saltillo, Mexico killing 208.
June 6, 1981: A train crashes after a bridge collapsed in flash floods from a monsoon in Bihar, India. Reports state that more than 800 people were killed in what is reported as the worst train disaster in history.
June 3, 1989: A liquefied gas pipeline exploded and engulfed two Trans-Siberian Railroad trains that were parked outside the Central Asian city of Ufa (previously a part of the Soviet Union) killing 575 people.
Jan. 4, 1990: An overcrowded 16-car passenger train collided with stationary freight train in Sindh Province, Pakistan resulting in the death of more than 210.
Sept 22, 1994: Faulty brakes are reported to have caused a train to crash in a ravine in Tolunda, Angola killing 300.
Aug. 20, 1995: A speeding passenger train crashed into a train which had struck a cow, then stalling out in Firozabad, India resulting in the death of 358.
Aug. 2, 1999: Two express trains collided head-on in Gauhati, India, reports states that more than 285 people were killed.
Feb. 20, 2002: An overcrowded train traveling from Cairo to the Egyptian city of Luxor erupted into flames, then traveled 2 1/2 miles before the driver was able to bring it to a stop. More than 360 people died in this incident.
Feb. 18, 2004: Runaway train cars bearing fuel and industrial chemicals derailed, causing explosions resulting in the destruction of five villages in Neyshabur, Iran. At least 200 people were killed.
posted by South West Virginia Fire Investigators Association at 3:16 PM
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