Talk:Lists of rail accidents by country

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The file names are in two formats. This should be standardised as List of rail accidents in X.

Tabletop (talk) 22:37, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi all, I'm planning on making a "List of rail accidents in the United States" page. It will be in my sandbox for now, if anyone would like to check it out. Eli81993 talk 16:11, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Requested move 19 July 2016

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: Not moved. There is consensus that the current naming is accurate and acceptable. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 10:48, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

– The use of the term "accident" is loaded and often not correct. The term can be seen to imply that the event was unavoidable, when a chain of events that led to the incident often includes many actions that were in fact avoidable. As such, "accident" often violates WP:NPOV and is thus generally avoided by scientists. The term "incident" is neutral and should replace "accident". See also the related category discussion, where "road accidents" were renamed to "road incidents". I note that the Indian list already uses "incidents". As part of this mass move request, I have adjusted some of the titles to achieve a mostly common naming format (railway -> rail; train -> rail) using "List of rail incidents in Foo", but have left the "American railroad" terminology and the Australian naming convention unchanged.  Schwede 66  19:48, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
 * List of rail accidents by country → List of rail incidents by country
 * List of American railroad accidents → List of American railroad incidents
 * List of rail accidents in China → List of rail incidents in China
 * List of Czech rail accidents → List of rail incidents in the Czech Republic
 * List of German rail accidents → List of rail incidents in Germany
 * List of Iranian rail accidents → List of rail incidents in Iran
 * Irish railway accidents → List of rail incidents in Ireland
 * List of rail accidents in New Zealand → List of rail incidents in New Zealand
 * List of Russian rail accidents → List of rail incidents in Russia
 * List of rail accidents in Spain → List of rail incidents in Spain
 * List of rail accidents in Sri Lanka → List of rail incidents in Sri Lanka
 * List of rail accidents in Thailand → List of rail incidents in Thailand
 * List of train accidents in Turkey → List of rail incidents in Turkey
 * List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom → List of rail incidents in the United Kingdom
 * Railway accidents in New South Wales → Railway incidents in New South Wales
 * Railway accidents in the Northern Territory → Railway incidents in the Northern Territory
 * Railway accidents in Queensland → Railway incidents in Queensland
 * Railway accidents in South Australia → Railway incidents in South Australia
 * Railway accidents in Tasmania → Railway incidents in Tasmania
 * Railway accidents in Victoria → Railway incidents in Victoria
 * Railway accidents in Western Australia → Railway incidents in Western Australia
 * Worst railway accidents in Australia → Worst railway incidents in Australia
 * Lists of rail accidents → Lists of rail incidents
 * List of accidents on British Rail → List of incidents on British Rail
 * List of London Underground accidents → List of London Underground incidents
 * List of rail accidents (1950–59) → List of rail incidents (1950–59)
 * List of rail accidents (2010–present) → List of rail incidents (2010–present)
 * List of rail accidents (1880–99) → List of rail incidents (1880–99)
 * List of rail accidents (1900–29) → List of rail incidents (1900–29)
 * List of rail accidents (1930–49) → List of rail incidents (1930–49)
 * List of rail accidents (1960–69) → List of rail incidents (1960–69)
 * List of rail accidents (1970–79) → List of rail incidents (1970–79)
 * List of rail accidents (1980–89) → List of rail incidents (1980–89)
 * List of rail accidents (1990–99) → List of rail incidents (1990–99)
 * List of rail accidents (before 1880) → List of rail incidents (before 1880)
 * Further comment: This article looks at the use of the term "accident" for road traffic, and explains the origin of the term.  Schwede 66  09:55, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose Not sure about this as accidents and incidents are not the same thing. MilborneOne (talk) 20:05, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose Incidents is a much wider category than accidents alone. For instance the West Clare Railway was prone to be blown off its tracks near Quilty (but that is not stated there yet), usually without serious trouble. But that were incidents, not accidents. And off course you have the famous railway incident know as Are Ye Right There Michael.
 * Secondly, you do not explain at all why Irish railway accidents suddenly has to change in List of rail incidents in Ireland. Especially because Ireland is about the island of Ireland, while the article is explicitly about the Republic of Ireland. The Banner talk 20:34, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Regarding your second query, I did consider the most appropriate naming for the Irish article and I'm by no means an expert on Irish history. I did note that the article is not just about the Republic of Ireland, but includes the earlier provinces of Leinster, Munster and Connacht plus a handful of counties. The article Republic of Ireland starts with the sentence "Ireland, also known as the Republic of Ireland, ..." and I therefore suggested "Ireland". But that is not the main point here ("accident" versus "incident" is) and if another descriptor for this particular case is more appropriate, I'd happily support that.  Schwede 66  09:30, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose 'Incidents' opens up the category to editors who will feel free to include such things as terrorist attacks and hostage situations that may not even result in damage to the trains, telephoned threats that result in train stoppages and timetable disruption, and congested platforms caused by trains being cancelled due to some irrelevant cause such as a road accident or bridge failure. Some of those things may be significant enough to be notable, but these lists are intended to be about injuries and fatalities and damage to rolling stock, and having as the primary cause an unintended interaction of the train with its surroundings. 'Accidents' is the most-encompassing word. Akld guy (talk) 01:06, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
 * It is appropriate for an article to define its scope if there could be ambiguity, and many of the list articles do that already; those that do not, the scope could easily be added. The Irish article, for example, states that it "is currently limited to accidents where at least one train occupant was killed. It does not include acts of terror". Problem solved.  Schwede 66  09:30, 22 July 2016 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Not in lists
The Hunchback of Rio Grande. Denver & Rio Grande Western F7 #5661 after striking a standing train at Thistle, Utah on December 19th, 1963. (The unreferrenced reason for crash:stuck switch) https://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/crumple-zone/ https://www.reddit.com/r/trains/comments/karvz1/the_hunchback_of_rio_grande_denver_rio_grande/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.188.142.36 (talk) 03:58, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * You should ask this at List of American railroad accidents. But is does not look like a serious accident. Beside that, your sources are unsuitable. The Banner  talk 11:22, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

The Texas and Pacific Work Extra 523 and Missouri Pacific Extra 1902 East head on collision in Taft, Louisiana February 21, 1973. Three crew members on Extra 1902 East were killed, and two other crew members were injured. Given the three fatalities and damage from this accident, I believe it should be added. VTBurtonRA (talk) 12:01, 5 September 2021 (UTC)