What the records say
- When
- 15 Jan 1953
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 38.90° N, 77.01° W
- Description
- Train wreck in Washington, D. C.
- Deaths
- 0
- Injured
- 43
1953 Pennsylvania Railroad train wreck
Train wreck in Washington, D.C.
The 1953 Pennsylvania Railroad train wreck occurred on January 15, 1953, when a passenger and mail train from Boston to Washington DC failed to brake sufficiently on its approach to Union Station, Washington, jumping the platform and plunging through the floor of the concourse. There were no deaths, but 43 people were injured.
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