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unusual facts about derailment


Derailed

Derailment, in which a rail vehicle leaves the tracks on which it is travelling


207 series

Amagasaki rail crash - 2005 fatal derailment which involved a 207 series train

Bishop's Cleeve

Bishop's Cleeve station along with almost all others on this section closed on 7 March 1960 and was subsequently demolished, but the nearby Cheltenham Racecourse station remained in operation for royal visits to the Racecourse until 1965; through passenger services continued until 25 March 1968, and freight until 1976 when a derailment (rail accident) at Broadway damaged the line.

Bull bridge accident

As a goods train was passing over the bridge at Bullbridge, the structure failed suddenly, causing the derailment of the majority of the wagons.

Gladbrook, Iowa

On March 21, 1910, The Green Mountain train wreck occurs between Gladbrook and Green Mountain in which a derailment killed more than fifty people riding on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific line.

Grayrigg

On 23 February 2007, Lambrigg Crossovers, south of Grayrigg was the site of the Grayrigg derailment, a fatal derailment involving a Virgin Trains service from London Euston to Glasgow Central.

Lac Megantic

Lac-Mégantic derailment, a 2013 train derailment, fire and explosion in the town

Lake Erie College

In October 2007, CSX Transportation opened a temporary outreach center at Lake Erie College to assist evacuees after a local train derailment.

Montparnasse derailment

An imitation of the Montparnasse derailment has been built outside the Mundo a Vapor ("Steam World") museum theme park in Canela, Brazil.

Rangitata River

A locomotive, DC 4686, ended up completely submerged in the river on 4 January 2002, after floodwater undermined a stopbank supporting the railway line, causing a derailment.

Royal Hudson

It was damaged in a derailment outside of Vancouver in 1956, but by 1957 it had been refurbished and was transferred to Winnipeg for prairie service.

Rudine derailment

The Rudine derailment was a train derailment that happened on 24 July 2009 at 10:08 GMT near the village of Rudine in southern Croatia, on the Zagreb-Split railway line.

Szilveszter Matuska

Matuska's second and more notorious successful crime was the derailment of the Vienna Express headed towards Vienna as it was crossing the Biatorbágy bridge near Budapest at 12.20am on 13 September 1931.


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