Rail accident

1966 Great Northern Buelow collision

1966 · 48.56° N, 110.86° W

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When
1966
Kind
Rail accident
Coordinates
48.56° N, 110.86° W
Description
head-on train wreck in Montana that killed two
Deaths
2
Date from
year in its name

1966 Great Northern Buelow collision

Head-on train wreck in Montana, US

The Great Northern Buelow Wreck occurred on March 7, 1966, when two Great Northern Railway trains, an eastbound Empire Builder passenger train and a westbound Western Star mail and passenger train, collided near Chester, Montana. Two were killed, 77 were injured, and 29 were hospitalized.

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