What caused the great train wreck?
Trinity Ferry
2025-05-29 22:12:01
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The cause of the crash was human error on the parts of two signalmen and the fireman on one of the trains involved, who all failed to follow proper procedures. Their failures meant that a troop train carrying soldiers to Liverpool was able to crash into a stationary passenger train. This was another disaster which was caused by human error. The driver of an express train from Perth allowed his train to pass a caution signal and two danger signals before it crashed into a local train which was waiting at the station platform.
An administrative error meant that 15 carriages were booked for the journey, whilst the driver was advised that only 13 would be used. This meant that the locomotive chosen was not powerful enough to haul all the carriages up an incline on the route. Dense fog in the Lewisham area of London had caused train disruption on the evening of 4th December 1957, and therefore many trains were running out of their normal order. The driver of the second train claimed that the caution signals had not been clearly visible, and therefore he had not slowed his train down. Shortly after Christmas in 1879, a violent storm hit the East coast of Scotland. As a train was crossing the Tay Bridge, a section of the bridge suddenly collapsed, and the train fell into the river below.
Ali Wuckert
2025-05-20 20:03:12
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The train, from Newcastle to London King’s Cross, derailed into the path of an oncoming freight train.
At approximately 06:13 am, an InterCity 225 passenger train operated by Great North Eastern Railway (GNER) hit a stationary car on the railway track on the East Coast Main Line.
Early in the investigation it became apparent that the incident was related to the initial impact with the road vehicle and unlikely to be associated with any failing in respect of Health and Safety legislation by the railway infrastructure controller (Railtrack) or the train operators (GNER and Freightliner).
During our subsequent investigation no defects were found with the infrastructure, rolling stock or personnel competencies that could have contributed to the outcome of the incident.
Lexus Kub
2025-05-10 20:20:10
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Human error caused the incident. The conductor of train No. 1 overheard a passing switch engine while collecting tickets and mistakenly assumed it was train No. 4 passing as instructed. However, the crew failed to visually identify the train as required. To make matters worse, train No. 4 was given the signal to proceed along the single track by mistake. Finally, the crew of train No. 4 failed to check if train No. 1 had arrived at the junction before proceeding, as required by the railroad’s management. In other words: there were three chances to prevent this deadly accident and crews from both trains failed to take them. Officials from the Interstate Commerce Commission determined that crews in train No. 4 and the railroad’s towers failed to account for the presence of train No. 1. The commission also found that there was a lack of proper safety systems in place to track positions of trains.
Nola Stiedemann
2025-05-10 14:36:03
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The day started out as a normal day for Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis (NC&StL) Railway crews. NC&StL locomotive #281 led a train (#1) from Memphis to Nashville that was about a half hour behind schedule. Aware of the single-track section, radio dispatch relayed information regarding #1 to the crew of the #4, along with yielding instructions. Unfortunately, crew members mistook sounds of switcher train for that of the #1 and continued to move forward. The investigation completed by the Interstate Commerce Commision (ICC), which handled railroad safety jurisdiction prior to the Federal Railroad Administration, found fault with how lax the company was with policy; which, combined with human error, led to the train wreck.
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