What the records say
- When
- 28 Feb 1956
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 42.48° N, 70.92° W
- Description
- 1956 railway incident in Massachusetts, United States
- Deaths
- 13
- Injured
- 283
Swampscott train wreck
1956 railway incident in Massachusetts, United States
The Swampscott train wreck occurred on February 28, 1956, in Swampscott, Massachusetts when a Danvers–Boston commuter train crashed into the rear of a stopped Portsmouth–Boston local train just north of the station during a snowstorm. The collision, blamed on the engineer operating at unsafe speeds for the conditions, killed 13 people and injured 283.
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