What the records say
- When
- 8 Jul 1986
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 39.65° N, 84.29° W
- Description
- 1986 disaster in Ohio
1986 Miamisburg train derailment
1986 disaster in Ohio
At 4:25 pm on July 8, 1986, a 44 car Baltimore and Ohio railroad freight train, traveling at 45 miles per hour, bound south to Cincinnati, derailed near Miamisburg, Ohio, a small city with an industrial history in Montgomery County, southwest of Dayton. Fifteen of the cars derailed on a bridge; these were tank cars containing yellow phosphorus, molten sulfur and tallow.
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