Talk:List of rail accidents (1940–1949)

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 * January 29, 1940 – Three gasoline multiple units carrying factory workers crash and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi station, Nishinari Line (present-day Sakurajima Line), Osaka, Japan, killing at least 181 people and injuring at least 92.
 * April 19, 1940 – Little Falls, New York, United States: The westbound New York Central Lake Shore Limited, running fifteen minutes late, fails to reduce speed to 45 miles per hour at Gulf Curve (nicknamed "Death Curve") near Little Falls, sharpest on the NYC System, and at 59 mi/h the locomotive derails, crosses two tracks and strikes a rock wall whereupon it explodes and nine cars pile up behind it. At least 30 known dead, including the engineer, and 100 injured in the accident.
 * December 3, 1940 – Velilla de Ebro, Spain: Two express trains collide at 4:00 am near this remote depot some 30 mi outside Zaragoza, killing 41 and injuring 80. Several of the more gravely injured perish at the scene due to the extreme cold. Investigators establish that no one threw the switch that would have put one express on a clear track.
 * July 19, 1941 – Krylbo, Sweden: German munitions train explodes in Krylbo. It is unknown whether it was an accident or sabotage. Later the British claimed to be behind this successful sabotage action.
 * August 9, 1941 – Montreal, Quebec, Canada CNR passenger train #242 from Vaudreuil collides with a stationary switch engine in the Turcot Yards... the locomotive and two cars of the passenger train are derailed. The fireman is killed and the engineer is severely burned when the boiler ruptures... 53 passengers are injured.
 * September 16, 1941 – An express train collides with standing local train inside Aboshi station, Himeji, Japan, killing at least 65 and injuring 71.
 * October 1, 1941 – A local train bound for Kumamoto, Japan on the Hohi Line derailed at Kawarauchi river bridge on the outskirts of Oita, Kyūshū, causing 3 passenger cars to plunge into the river, killing at least 44 people, and injuring at least 72.
 * December 21, 1941 – Illinois Central train New Orleans Special southbound from Memphis to New Orleans travelling at 60 mph completely demolishes a 1931 Chevrolet crossing the tracks at Bowdre, Mississippi. Killed 8, including a three year-old child and an 18 month old infant, all members of the same family.
 * December 27 – RBD Osten – D 123 crashed on Frankfurt an der Oder - Posen main line at Bf Leichtholz stopped freight train Dg 7053. The snow plough had damaged the signal system. Six tank wagons loaded with petrol exploded burning five passenger coaches of D 123. 41 killed and 57 injured.
 * September 24, 1942. Dickerson, Maryland, USA.  Fourteen people are killed when two Baltimore & Ohio passenger trains collided on a hill.  The Ambassador had stopped for a few minutes to make a repair when it was hit in the rear by the Cleveland Night Express.  A passing freight train collided with the wreck and also derailed.  All of those who died were in the last car of the stopped train.  The engineer of the striking train was convicted of manslaughter by locomotive and sent to prison for two and a half years.
 * October 1942 – Warsaw, Poland: The Polish Union of Retaliation blow up all railways leading from and to Warsaw, destroying 4 German supply trains going for the Eastern Front and disrupting the supply transport for several days.
 * February 28, 1943 –(Poland) RBD Posen Military vacation express train SF 76 collied with freight train Dg 19540 at Bf Galkau. The stop signal ignored. 25 killed and 12 injured.
 * September 15, 1943 – RBD Stettin N 8713 run in heavy fog into the rear of on line stopped N 8702. 18 killed and 41 injured.
 * September 23, 1943 – Dmw 31 derailed on RBD Königsberg Białystok - Prostken line. 23 killed and 33 injured.
 * October 26, 1943 – Two freight trains collide with a derailed passenger train at Joban Line, Tsuchiura, Japan, causing two carriages to plunge into the river, killing 110 and injuring 107 according to Japanese media.
 * December 25, 1943 – RBD Königsberg E 32 collided with freight train Dg 94476 between Korschen and Lötzen. The driver did not notice the warning signal. 15 killed and 34 injured.
 * December 31, 1943 – RBD Stettin Tantow Military vacation express train SF 62 crashed with two locomotives which were stopped on line. 38 killed and 16 injured.
 * January 11, 1944 – Accident in Arévalo station in Ávila province, Spain. 41 killed.
 * February 1944 – Train collision near Breifoss between Hol and Geilo, Norway, at the Bergensbanen line. 25 killed.
 * July 6, 1944 – Troop train crash near Jellico, Tennessee, United States: Passenger train derails due to excessive speed on defective track. 35 killed, 99 injured; all soldiers in U.S. Army en route to deployment.
 * September 28, 1944 – Side collision, passenger and freight train Chicago & North Western Railway at Missouri Valley Iowa. 9 killed, 95 injured. Interstate Commerce Commission Investigation # 2833
 * December 26, 1944 – According to Japanese media, a commuter train collides with another standing commuter train at Tsurumi market station, Keikyu Line, Yokohama, Japan, killing at least 53 and injuring 94.
 * January 10, 1945 – According to Japanese media and government reports, a local train derails at Masuda river bridge, with two passenger cars plunging into river, Takayama Line, northern Gifu Prefecture, Japan, killing at least 43, injuring 56.
 * January 13, 1945 – Jørstad River bridge, Snåsa, Norway: A bridge is destroyed in Operation Woodlark, a sabotage operation. A train unaware of the sabotage crashes into the river below, killing 70-80 people, and injuring some 100 more.
 * January 31, 1945 – A nine cars of Mexico City-San Juan de Los Lagos extra passenger train, carrying 1,800 people, mainly local pilgrims, collides with a freight train in Cazadero village, Querétaro, Mexico, killing at least 96 persons and injuring another 150.
 * May 17, 1945 – According to Japanese media and government reports, two commuter trains collide head-on at Toyama Local Railway (Toyama Chiho Railway) Line, Toyama, Japan, at least 43 killed, another 257 injured.
 * June 26, 1945 – Caterham, England: Head-on collision between two passenger trains results in the deaths of both drivers.
 * August 20, 1945 – Two commuter trains collide head-on at Nishitetsu Tenjin Omuta Line, Omuta, Kyūshū, Japan, killing 40. another 83 are injured.
 * August 24, 1945 – Two passenger trains collide and plunge into the Tama river, Hachiko-Line, Hachioji, Japan, killing at least 105 people, injuring another 67. Caused by heavy rain and flood.
 * September 6, 1945 – According to Japanese Railroad Ministry and NHK radio report, a Shinjyuku–Matsumoto local passenger train rammed safety catch point and crushing a locomotive and three passenger cars at Sasago switch back station, Otsuki, Yamanashi, Japan, in an incident caused by train driver is brake failure, at least sixty killed, injuring 91.
 * September 8, 1945 – Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales: An early morning mail train crashes after the adjacent canal flooded and washed away the track at Sun Bank, killing the driver and causing a fire.
 * November 18, 1945 – A commuter train from Sanda derailed at Kobe Electric railroad (Kobe Dentetsu) Line, Kobe, Japan, killing at least 45, injuring another 131.
 * January 28, 1946 – A commuter train crashed and derailed at safety catch point inside Tsurumaki station, Odakyu Line, Hadano, outskirt of Tokyo, Japan, killing at least 30, another 165 injured, in an incident caused by vandalism of a train appliance by passenger(s).
 * February 17, 1947 – Michigan City, Indiana, United States: A westbound Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad train strikes a bus carrying track workers. 13 are killed, 14 others injured.
 * February 18, 1947 – Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States: The Red Arrow, a Pennsylvania Railroad express passenger train, jumps off the track on the Bennington Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania and tumbles down a large hill. 24 killed, 131 injured.
 * 1947 - Litchfield, ?: the Green Diamond is traveling at 70 mph when it slams into the side of a coal train crossing the diamonds just out side of Litchfield, quite shockingly, no people were killed.
 * January 5, 1948 – An express commuter train derails due to excessive speed, at Meitetsu Seto Line, outskirt of Nagoya, Japan, killing at least 35 people and injuring another 154.
 * January 25, 1948 – Los Angeles, United States: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's Super Chief experiences brake failure arriving Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal and crashes through a bumper and concrete barrier at the end of track. The locomotive slides to the edge of the station retaining wall and comes to rest dangling 20 ft above street level. No one is injured.
 * March 31, 1948 – During morning rush hour, an express commuter train collides with a local commuter train at Kawachi-Hanazono Station, Kintetsu Nara Line, Higashiōsaka, Japan, killing at least 49 people and injuring another 272. The cause was excessive speed by the express train driver.
 * October 22, 1949 – Gdańsk–Warsaw express derailed at Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Poland, killing at least 200.


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