Accident ferroviaire

Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1940

19 avr. 1940 · 43.04° N, 74.86° W

Ouvrir sur la carte

Ce que disent les sources

Quand
19 avr. 1940
Type
Accident ferroviaire
Coordonnées
43.04° N, 74.86° W
Description
railway incident in New York, United States
Deaths
31

Placé sur la zone, pas sur un site précis.

Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1940

Railway incident in New York, United States

A train crash with fatalities occurred shortly after 11:30 p.m. on April 19, 1940, when a first-class westbound Lake Shore Limited operated by the New York Central Railroad, derailed near Little Falls, New York, United States. The accident was later found to have occurred due to excessive speed on the Gulf Curve, the sharpest on the Central's lines. It killed 31; an additional 51 were injured.

Source : Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Lire l’article

La source

Proches dans le temps et dans l’espace