What the records say
- When
- 2 Feb 1989
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 46.61° N, 112.04° W
- Description
- Train accident in Montana, U.S.
- Deaths
- 0
1989 Helena train wreck
Train accident in Montana, U.S.
The Helena Train Wreck occurred in the early morning on February 2, 1989, in Helena, Montana, United States, when 49 cars of a Montana Rail Link freight train that had been decoupled from their locomotives by a train crew on Mullan Pass rolled backwards down the pass, traveling nine miles back into the city of Helena and colliding with a set of "helper" locomotives at a railway crossing near the center of the communi…
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