Accidente ferroviario

Medway Creek rail disaster

26 feb 1960 · 23.65° S, 147.30° E

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Cuándo
26 feb 1960
Tipo
Accidente ferroviario
Coordenadas
23.65° S, 147.30° E
Description
train wreck in Australia in 1960
Deaths
7
Injured
43

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Medway Creek rail disaster

1960 train crash in Australia

On 26 February 1960, the Midlander, a passenger train service that operated in Central Queensland, crashed while crossing over the bridge above Medway Creek, near Bogantungan, Queensland, Australia. The disaster occurred when the bridge collapsed after its pylons were severely damaged by a 12-tonne gum tree swept downstream in floodwaters, causing two steam locomotives and three sleeping cars to fall 7.6 metres into…

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