Rail accident

1906 Washington DC train wreck

30 Dec 1906 · 38.95° N, 77.00° W

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When
30 Dec 1906
Kind
Rail accident
Coordinates
38.95° N, 77.00° W
Description
train wreck
Deaths
53

1906 Washington, D.C., train wreck

Train wreck at Terra Cotta Station

The 1906 Washington, D.C. train wreck occurred on the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) at Terra Cotta station in Washington, D.C., on December 30, 1906, at 6:31 in the evening, when a locomotive pulling six empty cars crashed into the back of a passenger train in dense fog, killing 53 people and injuring more than 70.

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