What the records say
- When
- 27 Mar 1953
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 41.95° N, 80.53° W
- Description
- railway incident in Ohio, United States
- Deaths
- 21
- Injured
- 49
1953 New York Central Railroad accident
Railway incident in Ohio, United States
An accident occurred on the four-track mainline of the New York Central Railroad at 10:02 p.m. on March 27, 1953, 2.4 miles (3.9 km) east of Conneaut, Ohio. It began when an improperly secured load of pipe broke loose from a gondola car on an eastbound freight train, damaging the westbound passenger track.
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