Conneaut railway accident
On the railway accident of Conneaut , which in itself on March 27, 1953 Conneaut , Ohio , USA , occurred, three were trains involved. 21 people died.
Starting position
The distance of the New York Central Railroad had four tracks: Two tracks , one for each direction, were from the slow traffic, so most of freight trains , used the other two tracks, one which, for each direction of fast moving trains, usually so Passenger traffic. In the area of the accident site, a freight train initially ran, shortly afterwards, two long-distance trains, the Mohawk to the west and the Southwestern Limited to the east , drove in opposite directions .
the accident
One of the freight cars on the freight train, a stake car , was loaded with large pipes. When loading, these were stacked about 1.50 meters too high and not properly attached. This was not complained about by any railway employee on the way. At the scene of the accident, pipes came loose, fell down and wedged themselves between the moving train and the neighboring track. This was moved by about 45 cm. Immediately afterwards the Mohawk drove on the spot at about 120 km / h and derailed . Debris from the pipes and the damaged train also fell on the other two tracks. The Southwestern Limited drove into there at about 110 km / h and also derailed. Only the last three cars remained on the track. A total of seven passenger coaches were destroyed.
useful information
The cause of the accident in Neustadt (Hessen) was based on a similar accident .
See also
literature
- Peter WB Semmens: Disasters on the rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 .