Florence railway accident
The Florence rail accident was the head-on collision of two trains on March 16, 1906 on a single-track line on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad between Florence , Colorado , USA , and Adobe . 34 people died.
Starting position
A parent Dispatcher ( Dispatcher ) sought a crossing point for having delayed trains running westwards " New Mexico, Utah and California Express " and circulating in the opposite direction train. To do this, he called Beaver station and asked the local dispatcher if the express train had already passed through the station . This local dispatcher had been on duty for 19 hours.
the accident
The local dispatcher fell asleep briefly and had n't noticed the passage of the " New Mexico, Utah & California Express ". He therefore gave the incorrect information that the train had not yet arrived in Beaver. The higher-level dispatcher then decided on Beaver as the crossing point, instructed the local dispatcher to stop the express train and let the train traveling in the opposite direction enter the route. Both trains collided head-on between Florence and Adobe. The two front cars of the " New Mexico, Utah & California Express " were smashed, a fire broke out and 34 people died.
See also
literature
- Peter WB Semmens: Disasters on the rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 .
Remarks
- ↑ The location of the Adobe and Beaver stations cannot be identified based on the information provided by Semmens.