List of rail accidents in the United States

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The list of railway accidents in the United States leads in chronological order accidents in the US on rail transport, in which the loss was to complain of life or major damage was caused.

19th century

Until 1879

• When railway accident in Hightstown derailed due to a hot runner followed by broken axle on 8 November 1833 between Hightstown and Spotswood on the railway line South Amboy Bordentown a train of Camden and Amboy Railroad . One car overturned, another derailed. Two passengers were killed and 21 of the 24 passengers were injured. It was the first railway accident in which passengers on a scheduled train were killed.

Head-on collision near Suffolk

• In the Suffolk railway accident on August 11, 1837 , two trains collided head- on near Suffolk , Virginia . Three travelers died and dozen were injured. It was the first head-on collision between two trains with fatalities in railway history .
• When railway accident in Andover on January 6, 1853 the route from Boston to Lawrence of Boston and Maine Corporation , a passenger coach plunged because of an axle failure down an embankment and broke. Travelers on the train were the newly elected President of the United States, Franklin Pierce , and his family. The only casualty in the accident was the 11-year-old son of the president.
• In the Norwalk railway accident on May 6, 1853, a train crashed into the Norwalk River due to a swing bridge at Norwalk station that was open to shipping . 48 people died, 8 were missing, 30 injured. The accident was the first major accident in the United States to involve a bridge.
• The Camp Hill rail accident was a head-on collision between two trains. It happened on the morning of July 17, 1856 on a single-track line at Wissahickon (now Ambler , Pennsylvania ) on the North Pennsylvania Railroad near Camp Hill station. The exact number of victims could not be determined. At least 59 people died and more than 100 were injured. It was the worst train accident in the world to date.
• The Ashtabula railway accident occurred on December 29, 1876 near the city of Ashtabula in the US state of Ohio . After a bridge collapsed, a passenger train with more than 150 people on board fell 20 meters deep and went up in flames. 85 people died and 63 were injured. This was the worst train wreck in the United States until the Eden Railway Accident on August 7, 1904.

1880-1899

Chatsworth Bridge collapse

• In the Honey Creek railway accident near Moingona , Iowa , on July 6, 1881, a steam locomotive crashed into the Des Moines River while crossing an undermined bridge ; two of the four railway workers on the locomotive died.
• In the Roslindale , Massachusetts railroad accident on March 14, 1887, a bridge collapsed under a train passing over it. 24 people died.
• The Chatsworth Railroad Accident occurred on August 10, 1887, about three miles east of Chatsworth , Illinois , when a train crashed a timber truss bridge while crossing . The result was at least 81 deaths and a large number of injuries.

Passenger cars pushed into one another in the Mud Run rear-end collision

• The Mud Run railroad accident was a rear-end collision on October 10, 1888 that occurred on a stretch of the Lehigh Valley Railroad in Kidder Township , Carbon County , Pennsylvania , when a "stop" signal was overlooked covering a broken train . 66 people died in the accident.
• The Thompson Railway Accident was a four-train crash in five minutes that occurred near East Thompson , Connecticut station on December 4, 1891 . There were two dead.
• The Atlantic City rail accident in 1896 was the flanking of an express train on a special train on July 30, 1896 west of Atlantic City , New Jersey , which resulted in 50 deaths.
• The Crush , Texas railroad accident was an event staged for a large audience on September 15, 1896, in which the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad deliberately collided two trains head-on. The result was three deaths.
• In the McDonough railway accident on June 23, 1900, a train fell off a bridge. At least 35 people died.
• In the Nyack railway accident on August 30, 1900, escaped freight cars collided with a passenger train standing in Nyack station ( Rockland County , New York ). 36 people died.

20th century

1900-1909

The Old 97 fell off a bridge in Danville.

• The Old 97 railway accident in Danville occurred on September 27, 1903. A Southern Railway mail train on the route from Monroe , Virginia to Spencer , North Carolina , crashed at Stillhouse Trestle near Danville due to a brake failure . 11 people died.
• The Connellsville railway accident was a train derailment on December 23, 1903 in Lower Tyrone Township in Fayette County near Connellsville , Pennsylvania , caused by the lost load of a freight train into which a passenger train, Duquesne Limited , drove. 64 people died, 68 were injured.
• The Eden railway accident on August 7, 1904 was caused by a bridge washed away under a train. 111 people were killed.
• In the Warrensburg railway accident near Warrensburg , Missouri , on October 10, 1904, a freight train collided head-on with a passenger train traveling in the opposite direction. 29 people died.
• The New Market railway accident was a head-on collision between two Southern Railway trains near New Market , Tennessee , on September 24, 1904, resulting in at least 56 deaths and 106 injuries.

In the Harrisburg accident, 2.5 tons of dynamite exploded.

• In the Harrisburg railway accident on May 11, 1905 near Harrisburg , Pennsylvania , dangerous goods exploded on a section of the Pennsylvania Railroad after a derailment, killing 23 people.
• 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 , and Adobe . 34 people died.
• In the 1906 Atlantic City railroad accident on October 28, 1906, a train derailed on a drawbridge in Atlantic City , New Jersey , due to a technical fault in the bridge. The train fell off the bridge. 53 people drowned.
• In the Woodville railway accident near Woodville, Indiana , on November 12, 1906, a freight train collided head-on with a passenger train traveling in the opposite direction. 43 people died.
• The Terra Cotta , Washington, DC , railroad accident was a rear-end collision on December 30, 1906 due to poor visibility, a run-over "stop" signal, and overtired staff. 53 deaths were the result.
• In the Volland railroad accident on January 2, 1907, 31 people died in the collision of two trains on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad in Volland , Kansas .
• In the Bronx rail accident on February 16, 1907, three days after the introduction of electric traction , a New York Central Railroad express train pulled by two electric locomotives derailed in the Bronx , New York City . 23 people died.
• The Salem rail accident was a head-on collision between two trains on July 20, 1907 near Salem , Michigan , in which 30 people died.
• In the Canaan railway accident , incorrectly transmitted information led to a head- on collision between a freight train and a passenger train on September 15, 1907 near Canaan , New Hampshire . 26 people died.
• In the Metz railway accident on October 14, 1908 near Metz , Michigan , a train crashed from a damaged bridge into a canal. 35 people died.
• In the Wellington railway accident on March 1, 1910, an avalanche caused 96 people to die on two trains at Wellington (Washington) , Washington , train station in the Cascade Mountains .

1910-1919

• In the Spring Creek Township railway accident on March 21, 1910, a train derailed southwest of the town of the same name in Tama County , Iowa , between the stations of Green Mountain and Gladbrook . 52 people were killed.

In the railway accident in Spring Creek Township, a steel car smashed two cars with wooden superstructures, which offered little protection to the travelers.

• In the Manchester (NY) rail accident on August 25, 1911, a train derailed on a bridge near Manchester , New York . 28 people died.
• The Corning railroad accident was a rear-end collision that occurred on July 4, 1912 near Corning , New York . 39 people died.
• The Wallingford rail accident on September 2, 1913 was a rear-end collision near Wallingford , Connecticut , USA , on a busy route on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad to New York City . 26 people died.
• In the Tipton Ford railroad accident on August 5, 1914, a railcar crashed into an oncoming train at Tipton Ford , Missouri . 47 people died.
• In the tram accident on the Summer Street Bridge in Boston , Massachusetts , on November 7, 1916, a busy tram crashed into the Fort Point Channel , killing around 50 passengers - the figures vary between 47 and 52 dead, depending on the source. This was one of the worst tram accidents in the world.
• In the Shepherdsville railway accident on December 20, 1917, an express train drove to the end of a local train that had not made it to an overtaking track in Shepherdsville , Kentucky station in time. At least 49 people died.
• The Hammond Railroad Accident was a rear-end collision on June 22, 1918 near Hammond , Indiana , caused by a sleepless train driver. 86 dead and 127 injured were the result.

Frontal collision near Nashville

• The Nashville rail accident was a head-on collision between two trains on July 9, 1918 near Nashville , Tennessee . 101 people were killed and 171 injured.
• In the Malbone Street rail accident , today: Prospect Park subway station on the New York subway in Flatbush , Brooklyn , a Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) train coming from Franklin Avenue derailed due to excessive speed on November 1, 1918 , in a tight arc. At least 93 people were killed and over 100 others were injured.
• In the Benson railway accident on December 20, 1919, a freight train traveling east and a passenger train traveling in the opposite direction collided head- on near Benson , Maine . 23 people died and 35 were injured.

1920-1939

• In the Porter rail accident on February 27, 1921 near Porter , Indiana , two passenger trains collided at the level crossing of two railroad lines. 37 people died.
• In the Sulfur Springs railway accident on August 5, 1922 near Sulfur Springs , Missouri , an express train ran into a stationary passenger train. 34 people died.
• In the Lockett Railway Accident on September 27, 1923, a bridge near Lockett , Wyoming , collapsed and swept away a train that was passing it. 31 people died.
• In the Hackettstown rail accident on June 16, 1925, a train derailed near Hackettstown , New Jersey . 45 people died.

Train derailed by hurricane near Islamorada

• The Islamorada rail accident was the derailment of a train on the Florida East Coast Railway at Islamorada on September 2, 1935, caused by a hurricane .
• The Miles City railroad accident was caused on June 19, 1938 by the collapse of a bridge near Miles City , Montana . At least 47 people died.
• In the Harney railroad accident on August 12, 1939 - according to official reports after an act of sabotage - the City of San Francisco long-distance train derailed near Harney, Nevada . 24 people died.

1940-1959

• In the Little Falls railway accident on April 19, 1940, a New York Central Railroad long-distance train derailed near Little Falls , New York . 30 people died.
• In the Cuyahoga Falls railroad accident on July 31, 1940, a railcar and a freight train collided head-on near Cuyahoga Falls , Ohio . 43 people died.
• In the Wayland rail accident on August 30, 1943 , a long-distance train and a freight train collided in Wayland , New York . 27 people died.
• The railroad accident at Frankford Junction was caused by a heated axle box of a passenger car of Congressional Limited , the "flagship" of the Pennsylvania Railroad , on September 6, 1943 at Frankford Junction in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . 79 people died and over 117 were injured, some seriously.
• The Rennert railway accident was a derailment with a subsequent collision on December 16, 1943 near Rennert in the US state of North Carolina . At least 72 people died and 187 people were injured.
• The Terre Haute railroad accident occurred on September 14, 1944 near Terre Haute , Indiana . There was a head-on collision between two trains on a single-track section. 29 people died and another 42 were injured.
• In the Stockton rail accident on August 4, 1944 , a passenger train derailed near Stockton , Georgia ; the derailed wagons hit a waiting freight train traveling in the opposite direction. 47 people died.
• The Bagley rail accident was the rear-end crash of two trains on December 31, 1944, about 17 miles west of Ogden , Utah , at the Bagley facility . 50 people died.
• The Michigan City railroad accident was a rear-end collision between the two train sections of the Empire Builder on August 9, 1945 in Michigan City , North Dakota . 34 people died.
• The Naperville rail accident was a rear-end crash on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad on April 25, 1946 near Naperville , Illinois , in which approximately 45 people died.
• In the Gallitzin railway accident on February 18, 1947, the Pennsylvania Railroad's Red Arrow Express, pulled by two steam locomotives, derailed due to excessive speed . Neither of the two locomotives was equipped with a speedometer . 24 people died.
• In the Rockville Center rail accident on February 17, 1950 , two trains collided near Rockville Center , New York . 31 people died.
• The Coshocton rail accident was a rear-end collision between an express train and a special train on September 11, 1950 in West Lafayette near Coshocton , Ohio . 33 people died.
• The Kew Gardens railroad accident was a rear-end collision on November 22, 1950 on the Long Island Rail Road mainline in New York City between Kew Gardens and Jamaica Station in Queens . 78 people died and 363 were injured.
• In the Woodbridge rail accident, a fully occupied commuter train derailed on February 6, 1951 at a construction site in Woodbridge Township , New Jersey . 85 dead and around 500 injured were the result. This was the third worst train wreck in the United States.
• In the Evanston railway accident on November 12, 1951 near Evanston , Wyoming, two eastbound long-distance trains collided in a blizzard: a City of Los Angeles and a City of San Francisco . 26 people died and 200 were injured.
• The railway accident at Washington Union Station on January 15, 1953 was a brake failure and subsequent run over of the buffer stop by the locomotive. The accident did not claim any victims, but there was major property damage.
• At the railway accident of Conneaut , which in itself on March 27, 1953 Conneaut , Ohio , occurred, three trains were involved. 21 people died.
• In the Los Angeles railroad accident on January 22, 1956, a diesel railcar derailed six kilometers from Los Angeles Union Station at 110 km / h in a curve that was approved for only 25 km / h. The cause was probably a blackout of the driver due to a previously undetected epilepsy . 30 people died.
• The Robinson railroad accident was a head-on collision between two mainline Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway trains on September 5, 1956 near Robinson , New Mexico . 20 people died.
• In the railway accident at Newark Bay , New Jersey , on September 15, 1958, the front part of a suburban train fell from a raised lift bridge , the Newark Bay Bridge , into Newark Bay . 48 people died.

1960-1999

Chicago rear-end collision

• The Chicago rail accident was a rear-end collision between two passenger trains at the 27th Street station in Chicago , Illinois on October 30, 1972. 45 people were killed and 330 injured.
• The Chase railroad accident was the rear-end collision of a passenger train with a locomotive train on January 4, 1987 on the US Northeast Corridor near the town of Chase in eastern Baltimore County of Maryland . 16 people died.
• The railway accident at Big Bayou Canot on September 22, 1993 near Mobile (Alabama) was the worst railway accident in the history of the US passenger transport company Amtrak . 42 passengers and five train attendants died.
• The Weyauwega rail accident was a major accident after the derailment of a freight train on the morning of March 4, 1996 in Weyauwega , Wisconsin , which had loaded dangerous goods. The fire caused by this could only be extinguished after 16 days.

21st century

Graniteville railway accident

• The Minot rail accident was the derailment of a freight train near Minot , North Dakota , on January 18, 2002, in which large quantities of toxic ammonia were released. One resident died, 11 people were seriously injured and 322 were slightly injured.
• The Graniteville railway accident on January 6, 2005 in the US city of Graniteville , South Carolina was a rear-end collision between two freight trains. 10 people died and 250 were injured.
• In the Boomer Bottom railroad accident on February 16, 2015 at Boomer Bottom , Mount Carbon , Fayette County , West Virginia , wagons of a freight train carrying crude oil derailed and partially caught fire. One person was injured; there was high property damage.
• The Port Richmond railway accident occurred on May 12, 2015 in Port Richmond , a borough of Philadelphia . Eight people died.
• The DuPont railroad accident occurred on December 18, 2017 in Washington state . Three people died and more than 100 were injured.

See also

• List of serious accidents in rail transport
• Navigation bar lists of railway accidents

Individual evidence

1. ^ Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
2. ^ Southworth Allen Howland: Steamboat disasters and Railroad accidents in the United States: to which is appended accounts of recent shipwrecks, fires at sea, thrilling incidents, etc. Worcester, Massachusetts 1840, pp. 286 ff.
3. ^ A. Peter: Franklin Pierce: New Hampshire's Favorite Son. Concord 2004; Franklin Pierce biography on the archived White House home page .
4. ^ Edgar A. Haine: Railroad Wrecks . 1994, p. 34.
5. ↑ Kate Hertzog: More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Pennsylvania Women . TwoDot; Morris Book Publishing 2007. ISBN 978-0-7627-3637-9 , p. 176; Enid D. Horowitz: “Mary Johnson Ambler 1805-1868. Heroic Community Member " .
6. ↑ Findings of the coroner and his jury on the cause and cause of the accident
7. ↑ Bussey Bridge Disaster . In: Boston Daily Globe March 15, 1887
8. ^ NN: The Illinois Railroad Accident . In: Harper's Weekly v. August 20, 1887.
9. ↑ Mud Run Accident
10. ^ The Great East Thompson Train Wreck
11. ^ Collision between Trains at Atlantic City . In: The New York Times v. July 31, 1896, p. 1
12. ↑ Allen Lee Hamilton: Crash at Crush. In: The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), 1999 ff (English, tshaonline.org ).
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15. ^ The Wreck of the old 97 , ISBN 978-1-59629-876-7 , page 111
16. ^ Edgar A. Haine: Railroad Wrecks . 1994 , p. 31
17. ↑ 1904 Train Wreck, Eden, Colorado (English)
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19. ↑ Linda Houston: Hodges, TN New Market Train Wreck, Sept 1904 ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
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36. ^ NN: Summer Street Bridge Disaster
37. ^ Charles Hartley: Bullitt County History - 1917 Shepherdsville Train Wreck
38. ^ Robert B. Shaw: A History of Railroad Accidents, Safety Precautions and Operating Practices . 1978, p. 244f
39. ↑ Official investigation report of the Interstate Commerce Commission  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
40. ^ Stockert: Railway accidents (NF), gives November 2, 1918 as the date of the accident.
41. ↑ Stockert: Railway accidents (NF), names 85 dead and assumes around 200 injured.
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53. ^ Benjamin L. Bernhart: The Derailment of the Congressional Limited, Pennsylvania's Worst Railroad Disaster . 2007. ISBN 1-891402-08-0
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73. ^ Report of the American transport authorities on the accident
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