Accident ferroviaire

1987 Maryland train collision

4 janv. 1987 · 39.38° N, 76.36° W

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4 janv. 1987
Type
Accident ferroviaire
Coordonnées
39.38° N, 76.36° W
Description
Train accident
Deaths
16
Injured
164
Cause
human error

1987 Maryland train collision

1987 rail transit disaster in Chase, Maryland, USA

On January 4, 1987, two trains collided on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor main line near Chase, Maryland, United States, at Gunpow Interlocking. Amtrak train 94, the Colonial, traveling north from Washington, D.C., to Boston, crashed at over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) into a set of Conrail locomotives running light that had fouled the mainline.

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