Was die Aufzeichnungen sagen
- Wann
- 1956
- Art
- Eisenbahnunfall
- Koordinaten
- 37.55° N, 82.10° W
- Description
- 1956 train wreck in Cedar, West Virginia
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Cedar train wreck
1956 train wreck in Cedar, West Virginia
The Cedar train wreck occurred on the night of January 23, 1956, when the Norfolk and Western (N&W) Pocahontas passenger train derailed at more than 50 mph (80 km/h) along the Tug Fork River near Cedar, West Virginia. The accident killed the engineer and injured 51 passengers and nine crew members. It was the last major wreck of a steam-powered revenue passenger train in the United States.
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