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A train wreck, train collision, train accident or train crash is a type of disaster involving one or more
Image:Train wreck in Rainy River District, Ontario (I0002383).tiff, Train wreck in Rainy River District, Ontario in the 1900s.
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* Vaughan, Adrian. ''Obstruction Danger: Significant British Railway Accidents, 1890-1986 '' (Motorbooks International, 1989)
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BBC News: World's worst rail disasters
* {{Authority control Railway accidents and incidents Causes of death
A train wreck, train collision, train accident or train crash is a type of disaster involving one or more train
In rail transport, a train (from Old French , from Latin , "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and Passenger train, transport people or Rail freight transport, freight. Trains are typically pul ...
s. Train wrecks often occur as a result of miscommunication, as when a moving train meets another train on the same track; or an accident, such as when a train wheel jumps off a track
Track or Tracks may refer to:
Routes or imprints
* Ancient trackway, any track or trail whose origin is lost in antiquity
* Animal track, imprints left on surfaces that an animal walks across
* Desire path, a line worn by people taking the shorte ...
in a derailment; or when a boiler explosion occurs. Train wrecks have often been widely covered in popular media and in folklore.
A head-on collision
A head-on collision is a traffic collision where the front ends of two vehicles such as cars, trains, ships or planes hit each other when travelling in opposite directions, as opposed to a side collision or rear-end collision.
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between two trains is colloquially called a "cornfield meet" in the United States.
Train wreck gallery
See also
* Lists of rail accidents :* List of accidents and disasters by death toll * Classification of railway accidents :* Boiler explosion :* Bridge disaster :* Derailment :* Level crossing crashes :*Runaway
Runaway, Runaways or Run Away may refer to:
Engineering
* Runaway reaction, a chemical reaction releasing more heat than what can be removed and becoming uncontrollable
* Thermal runaway, self-increase of the reaction rate of an exothermic proce ...
:* Signal passed at danger
:*Tram accident
A tram accident is any accident involving a tram. Alternatively, any accident involving a tram or a tram system may be considered a tram accident. The latter definition is more commonly used in public safety studies.
Tram systems are typically c ...
:* Wrong-side failure
*The crash at Crush, Texas, an intentional train wreck conducted as a publicity stunt
*Head-on collision
A head-on collision is a traffic collision where the front ends of two vehicles such as cars, trains, ships or planes hit each other when travelling in opposite directions, as opposed to a side collision or rear-end collision.
Rail transport ...
* Railway accident deaths
References
Further reading
* Aldrich, Mark. ''Death Rode the Rails: American Railroad Accidents and Safety, 1828-1965'' (2006excerpt
* Vaughan, Adrian. ''Obstruction Danger: Significant British Railway Accidents, 1890-1986 '' (Motorbooks International, 1989)
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External links
BBC News: World's worst rail disasters
* {{Authority control Railway accidents and incidents Causes of death