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A train wreck, train collision, train accident or train crash is a type of
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
A disaster is a serious problem occurring over a short or long period of time that causes widespread human, material, economic or environmental loss which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources ...
involving one or more trains. 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 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 between two trains is colloquially called a "cornfield meet" in the United States.
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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
:* Wrong-side failure
*The crash at Crush, Texas, an intentional train wreck conducted as a publicity stunt
* Head-on collision
* 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