O que dizem os registros
- Quando
- 1956
- Tipo
- Acidente ferroviário
- Coordenadas
- 37.55° N, 82.10° W
- Description
- 1956 train wreck in Cedar, West Virginia
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Cedar train wreck
1956 train wreck in Cedar, West Virginia
The Cedar train wreck occurred on the night of January 23, 1956, when the Norfolk and Western (N&W) Pocahontas passenger train derailed at more than 50 mph (80 km/h) along the Tug Fork River near Cedar, West Virginia. The accident killed the engineer and injured 51 passengers and nine crew members. It was the last major wreck of a steam-powered revenue passenger train in the United States.
Da Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Ler o artigo
A fonte
Perto no tempo e no espaço
- Prestonsburg, Kentucky bus disaster28 de fev. de 1958 · Acidente viário
- 1955 Cincinnati mid-air collision12 de jan. de 1955 · Desastre aéreo
- Southeast Airlines Flight 3088 de jan. de 1959 · Desastre aéreo
- Royal Ice Cream Sit-in1957 · Protesto
- TWA Flight 4001 de abr. de 1956 · Desastre aéreo
- Piedmont Airlines Flight 34930 de out. de 1959 · Desastre aéreo
- Battle of Hayes Pond: Armed Lumbee Indians confront the Ku Klux Klan in Maxton, North Carolina18 de jan. de 1958 · Evento
- Greensboro sit-ins1960 · Protesto