Accidente ferroviario

Naperville train disaster

25 abr 1948 · 41.78° N, 88.14° W

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Cuándo
25 abr 1948
Tipo
Accidente ferroviario
Coordenadas
41.78° N, 88.14° W
Description
rear-end collision at Naperville, Illinois, April 25, 1948
Deaths
45
Injured
125

Naperville train disaster

1946 US passenger train crash

The Naperville train disaster occurred on April 25, 1946, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad at Loomis Street in Naperville, Illinois, when the railroad's Exposition Flyer rammed into the Advance Flyer, which had made an unscheduled stop to check its running gear. The Exposition Flyer had been coming through on the same track at 80 miles per hour (130 km/h). There were 45 deaths and some 125 injuries.

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