casey jones depicted on 3 cent postage stamp issued united states postal service
(1900) casey jones (vaughan, mississippi, usa) - legendary train driver (u.s.: engineer) john luther casey jones killed in accident in 1900 involving trains long cross @ passing loop. trains trying cross occupying both main , loop tracks, , in addition, train doing see-saw standing outside station limits. jones traveling fast in order make lost time, , not stop in time avoid collision. able slow train estimated 75 mph (121 km/h) estimated 35 mph (56 km/h) @ time of collision; none of passengers on jones s train injured, , jones fatality.
(1914) exeter crossing loop collision (exeter, new south wales, australia) - occurred @ exeter railway station in fog; 1 train long loop. line duplicated after.
(1915) quintinshill rail disaster (gretna green, scotland)
(1917) ciurea rail disaster (ciurea station, romania)
(1947) dugald rail accident (dugald, manitoba, canada)
(1963) geurie crossing loop collision (geurie, new south wales, australia) - train in loop standing foul of main line, causing collision.
(1969) violet town (violet town, victoria, australia) - signal passed @ danger after driver dies heart attack
(1996) hines hill train collision (hines hill, western australia) - driver appears have misjudged distance starting signal
(1999) zanthus train collision (zanthus, western australia) - co-driver operated loop points prematurely.
(2006) ngungumbane train collision (zimbabwe)
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