10 Infamous Real-Life Train Disasters

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1. For more historical events including disasters, here is the link to our playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awg458cwTt4&list=PLmZTDWJGfRq0aXtA0wxp_Q5pl4EgjnS7C

   Let us know if there are other historical events you would like us to cover.

2. Watchmojo can you do a part of train disaster can you do the Hinton train collision of 1986

3. Train disaster in Szczekociny, Poland ?

4. God bless the life's lost in the accadents guess I got to ba careful because I'm always standing 2 ft aways from 75 MPH trains

5. 8:32 that engine has a number 3 like Henry.

6. The Granville Train Crash, Australia – people (dead and alive) were crushed to an 18 inch gap

7. You know the accidents in this list are so horrible, that Gare De Lyon, Eschede, and Sunset Limited isn't even on it.

8. I assume by the "conductor" you refer to the driver?

9. What about the Quintinshill rail disaster, which is both Scotland and the UKs worst – 5 trains, 227 deaths and scores injured due to signalmen error.

10. Bruh what about Casey Jones train wreck it much more Famous then number one

11. If the wreck of the 4005 in the Nevada desert isn’t on this imma be pissed

12. There was also a huge collision last century in the Netherlands, the mist was so thick the engineer couldn’t see the red signal and 2 trains collided

13. This only scratches the surface of rail disasters you could easily make a list of one's in Europe or in the modern era etc.

14. looks like watchmojo should know the Bintaro tragedy, it was the worst train accident along the railways in Indonesia, if you want to know more details, just search for "Indonesian train crash 1987" later there are several websites that explain. a little info because the accident caused 102-105 people died , and more than 300 people were injured

15. Real-life?
    so does that means there's fake ones, model train ones, toy ones?!

16. Pronunciation of the Indian cities and the places were quite astonishing

17. I think Quintinshill deserved a spot on the Honorable Mention list. It occurred during WW I in Britain and involved a triple crash – a troop train collided with a local train and an express train crashed a few minutes later into debris from the troop/local crash on the adjacent track. Total death toll is believed to be 226, with the vast majority of those on the troop train. It was so traumatic that every surviving soldier was declared psychologically unfit for combat and sent home. Only 3 officers on the train were cleared for combat.

18. Eschede derailment

19. In Indonesia we had worst train accident too…. it call 'Tragedi Bintaro'

20. Why not the Big Bayou Canot train crash, the worst train crash of Amtrak's history?

21. Spot No 1 train wreck: Me

22. Clapham junction, southall or Ladbroke Grove. How did they not make the list…

23. 4:40–5:00 and 7:30–7:42 *Thomas runaway theme plays*
    Also 7:30–7:42 reminds me of The Flying Kipper!

24. actually the train in ww2 ''carrieing stoaways '' was blown up by a north American P-51 Mustang

25. There is one terrifying train disaster that happened in my country (australia) on the 18th of January 1977 a electric locomotive (4620) headed for Sydney central hit a road bridge making the supports on the left side fall and after a car went over the bridge it fell killing 83 (84 in 2017 after death of unborn child discovered) and 213 injured the disaster took place at Granville, Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

26. the quintinshill train disaster should have gotten a mention. If I remember correctly it had about 200 fatalities? correct me if I'm wrong

27. How tf was clapham junction and Eschede not on this list?? Not even the chinese bullet train disaster?

28. The Kaprun and Quintinshill disaster should have been a part of the line or at least as honorable mentions

29. 2:03 – 2:07 What…

30. Clapham junction, Frankfurt junction, big bayou, Hilton, chatsworth and DuPont. Am I a joke to you

31. I’m a big trainiac. This means I am good with trains. This is a good video! Thanks for the information!

    Number 8: this is what you get passengers. kids, dont stowaway on trains.

32. where's the Lac Mengantic rail disaster?

33. Where is the Big Bayou Canot Train Disaster?

34. Actually the 'St. Hilaire' train disaster is incorrect. It did not occur in St. Hilatre it happened in Beloeil across the river.

35. How was the Tangiwai, Armagh, Harrow and Wealdstone and Eschede rail disasters not make the list? Each one brought biblical safety improvements to rail travel especially the Armagh disastee which made improvements to carriage and wagon brakes and resulted in railway companies across the globe introducing proper signalling on their lines.

36. Other is the Tangiwai Railroad Disaster

37. Also jnaeshwari rail derailment, India, 2010

38. A  occurred on September 2, 1954 near Fabrica, Negros Occidental,  when a timber  carrying more than 100 passengers derailed and multiple wagons fell off a bridge. At least 82 people were killed. This resulted as the  in the .

39. No mention of Tangiwai?? 151 people killed by a lahar caused by a volcanic eruption, taking out the rail bridge moments before the Wellington-Auckland express plunged into the river on Christmas Eve 1953. New Zealand’s deadliest rail disaster.
    Queen was in NZ at the time and was quite a significant event..

40. Blame India ocean

41. Hey New Zealand had a train disaster

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