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The Angola Horror[note 1] train wreck occurred on December 18, 1867, just after 3 p.m. when the last coach of the Buffalo -bound New York Express of the Lake Shore Railway derailed at a bridge in Angola, New York, United States, slid down into a gorge, and caught fire, killing some 49 people. At the time, it was one of the deadliest train ...
Injured. 51. A train crash with fatalities occurred shortly after 11:30 p.m. on April 19, 1940, when a first-class westbound Lake Shore Limited operated by the New York Central Railroad, derailed near Little Falls, New York, United States. The accident was later found to have occurred due to excessive speed on the Gulf Curve, the sharpest on ...
The Lackawanna Limited wreck occurred when a Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) passenger train, the New York-Buffalo Lackawanna Limited with 500 passengers, [1] crashed into a freight train on August 30, 1943, killing 29 people [2] in the small Steuben County community of Wayland in upstate New York, approximately 40 miles (64 km) south of Rochester.
Crash ultimately doomed Wisconsin's only rapid transit line [154] 1950 Kew Gardens train crash, New York City; 78 killed plus hundreds injured in deadliest surface rail accident in New York. [155] 1951 Woodbridge train wreck, Woodbridge, New Jersey; ~85 killed plus hundreds injured.
49. An accident occurred on the four-track mainline of the New York Central Railroad at 10:02 P.M. on March 27, 1953, 2.4 miles east of Conneaut, Ohio. It began when an improperly secured load of pipe broke loose from a gondola car on an eastbound freight train, damaging the westbound passenger track. A passing westbound freight crew notified ...
L. Lackawanna Limited wreck. 1970 Lehigh Valley Railroad derailment. Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1903. Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1940.
The Wallkill Valley Railway was founded in 1866, and was constructed to match the Erie Railroad's six-foot gauge so that it would be easier to transport goods from one railroad to the other. It was operated by the Erie for the next ten years after its construction. It came to New Paltz in 1870, and bridged Rondout Creek and the Delaware and ...
This disaster is marked by a New York State historic plaque on Route 145, about two and half miles west of East Durham. Following the bridge collapse, the line collapsed financially and was sold and scrapped in 1842. [2] Starting in Catskill, New York, known mileposts along the route are: Mile - Description 26.05 - Rail Road Office