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This is a list of the most serious American rail-related accidents. Timeline19th century- 1853 Norwalk rail accident, Norwalk, Connecticut; 48 killed
- 1853 Providence and Worcester head-on collision, Valley Falls, Rhode Island; 14 killed
- 1855 Gasconade Bridge train disaster, Gasconade, Missouri; 35+ killed plus hundreds injured
- Great Train Wreck of 1856, Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania; 60+ killed plus 100+ injured
- 1859 South Bend train wreck, Mishawaka/South Bend, Indiana; 42 killed
- 1863 Chunky Creek Train Wreck, Hickory, Mississippi; ~75 killed
- 1864 Shohola train wreck, Shohola Township, Pennsylvania; 60+ killed
- 1867 Angola Horror, Angola, New York; 49 killed
- 1871 Wappinger Creek train disaster, New Hamburg, New York; 22 confirmed killed plus scores unaccounted for
- Great Revere train wreck of 1871, Revere, Massachusetts; ~30 killed
- 1876 Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster, Ashtabula/Edgewood, Ohio; 92 killed
- 1877 Pickering Valley wreck, Kimberton, Pennsylvania; 7 killed plus ~100 injured
- 1878 Tariffville train crash, Tariffville, Connecticut; 13 killed
- 1883 Tehachapi train wreck, Tehachapi, California; 15 killed
- 1887 Forest Hills disaster, Boston, Massachusetts; 38 killed
- 1887 Great Chatsworth Train Wreck, Chatsworth Township, Illinois; ~85 killed plus hundreds injured
- 1888 Mud Run disaster, Kidder Township, Pennsylvania; 64 killed
- 1891 Bostian's Bridge train disaster, Statesville, North Carolina; ~30 killed
- 1891 Great East Thompson Train Wreck, East Thompson, Connecticut; 2 killed plus hundreds injured
- 1896 Atlantic City rail crash, Atlantic City, New Jersey; 50 killed
- 1897 Garrison train crash, Garrison, New York; 19 killed
20th century- 1900 Casey Jones's final run, Vaughan, Mississippi; 1 killed (Jones); everyone else escaped with varying degrees of injury thanks to Jones' actions
- 1900 Camp Creek train wreck, McDonough, Georgia; 39 killed
- 1900 Tacoma Streetcar Disaster, Tacoma, Washington; 43 killed
- 1900 Nyack train accident, Flathead County, Montana; 36 killed
- 1902 Park Avenue Tunnel (railroad) collision, New York City; 15 killed
- 1902 IRT Lexington Avenue Line disaster, New York City; 6 killed plus 125 injured
- 1902 Mountain Lake (New York) railroad wreck, Gloversville, New York; 14 killed
- 1903 Esmond Train Wreck, Esmond, Arizona; 14 killed
- 1903 Wreck of the Old 97, Danville, Virginia; 11 killed
- 1903 Purdue Wreck, Indianapolis, Indiana; 17 killed
- 1903 Connellsville train wreck, Connellsville, Pennsylvania; 64 killed
- 1904 Jackson rail disaster, Jackson, Utah; 30+ killed plus town leveled
- 1904 Eden train wreck, Pueblo, Colorado; 97 killed plus 14 missing
- 1904 New Market train wreck, New Market, Tennessee; 60+ killed plus 100+ injured
- 1905 Ninth Avenue derailment, New York City; 13 killed
- 1906 Cimarron River bridge disaster, Dover, Oklahoma; 4 confirmed fatalities plus scores missing
- 1906 Atlantic City train wreck, Atlantic City, New Jersey; 53 killed
- 1906 Washington, D.C., train wreck; 53 killed
- 1907 Southern Pacific Sunset Express derailment, Colton, California; 24 killed
- 1907 Pere Marquette Railway wreck, Salem, Michigan; 31 killed plus 101 injured
- 1907 Boston & Maine collision, Canaan, New Hampshire; 25 killed
- 1908 Metz Fire and derailment, Metz Township, Michigan; 26 killed
- 1910 FW&WV (Indiana Railroad) collision, Kingsland, Indiana; 41 killed
- 1910 Wellington avalanche, Wellington, Washington; 96 killed
- 1910 Green Mountain train wreck, Green Mountain, Iowa; 52 killed
- 1911 Indianola train wreck, McCook, Nebraska; 18 killed
- 1911 Federal Express (train) wreck, Bridgeport, Connecticut; 14 killed
- 1912 Corning train wreck, Corning (Gibson), New York; 39 killed
- 1912 Ligonier Valley Railroad Wilpen disaster, Wilpen Fairgrounds, Pennsylvania; 26 killed
- 1913 Bar Harbor Express-White Mountain Express collision, New Haven, Connecticut; 21 killed
- 1914 Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad/Kansas City Southern Railway collision, Tipton Ford, Missouri; 43 killed
- 1917 Frisco collision, Kellyville, Oklahoma; 23 killed
- 1917 Shepherdsville train wreck, Shepherdsville, Kentucky; ~50 killed
- 1918 Hammond Circus Train Wreck, Hammond, Indiana; 86 killed plus 127 injured
- Great train wreck of 1918, Nashville, Tennessee; 101 killed plus 171 injured
- 1918 Malbone Street Wreck, New York City; 95-100 killed plus 100+ injured
- 1919 New York Central collision, Byron, New York; 22 killed
- 1919 Onawa train wreck, Onawa, Maine; 23 killed
- 1921 Bryn Athyn station train wreck, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania; 27 killed
- 1922 Missouri Pacific collision, Sulphur Springs, Missouri; 34 killed plus 150 injured
- 1923 Glenrock train wreck, Glenrock, Wyoming; 30 killed
- 1925 Rockport train wreck, Rockport, New Jersey; ~45 killed
- 1925 Granite train wreck, Granite, Colorado; 2 killed plus 107 injured
- 1925 Frisco derailment, Victoria, Marshall County, Mississippi; ~20 killed
- 1926 Granite train wreck, Granite, Colorado; ~30 killed
- 1926 Ponce de Leon (train)/Royal Palm (train) collision, Rockmart, Georgia; 19 killed plus 113 injured
- 1928 Times Square derailment, New York City; 18 killed plus ~100 injured
- 1938 Custer Creek train wreck, Saugus, Montana; 47 killed
- Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1940, Little Falls, New York; 31 killed
- 1940 Doodlebug disaster, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; 43 killed
- 1942 Exchange Place station (PATH) derailment, Jersey City, New Jersey; 5 killed plus hundreds injured
- 1943 Lackawanna Limited wreck, Wayland, New York; 29 killed plus 114 injured
- 1943 Frankford Junction train wreck, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 79 killed plus 117 injured
- 1943 Rennert railroad accident, Rennert, North Carolina; 74 killed
- 1944 Stockton train wreck, Stockton, Georgia; 47 killed
- 1944 "Tragedy on Election Day", Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; 16 killed
- 1944 Bagley train wreck, Bagley, Utah; ~50 killed
- 1945 Michigan train wreck, Michigan, North Dakota; 34 killed plus hundreds injured
- 1945 California Limited derailment, Santa Anita, California; 5 killed plus hundreds injured
- 1946 Naperville train disaster, Naperville, Illinois; 45 killed plus 125 injured
- 1950 Rockville Centre station accident, Rockville Centre, New York; 32 killed plus 100+ injured
- 1950 Kew Gardens train crash, New York City; 78 killed plus hundreds injured
- 1951 Woodbridge train wreck, Woodbridge, New Jersey; ~85 killed plus hundreds injured
- 1953 New York Central Railroad Accident, Conneaut, Ohio; 21 killed
- 1955 Spring City schoolbus-train collision, Spring City, Tennessee; 11 killed
- 1956 Redondo Junction train wreck, Los Angeles, California; 30 killed plus 117 injured
- 1956 Collision of the Chief (train), Springer, New Mexico; 20 killed
- 1958 Newark Bay rail accident, Bayonne, New Jersey; 48 killed
- 1959 Meldrim trestle disaster, Meldrim, Georgia; 23 killed
- 1961 City of Denver-schoolbus collision, Auburn, Colorado; 20 killed
- 1962 Steelton train derailment, Steelton, Pennsylvania; 19 killed plus 120+ injured
- 1963 Chualar bus crash, Chualar, California; 32 killed
- 1971 Salem, Illinois, derailment; 11 killed plus 163 injured
- 1972 Chicago commuter rail crash, Chicago, Illinois; 45 killed plus hundreds injured
- 1974 Decatur tank car explosion, Decatur, Illinois; 7 killed plus hundreds injured
- 1977 Chicago Loop derailment, Chicago, Illinois; 11 killed plus 180+ injured
- 1978 Waverly, Tennessee, tank car explosion; 16 killed
- 1979 Media/Elwyn Line collision, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 1 killed plus hundreds injured
- 1984 Montrealer (train) derailment, Williston, Vermont; 5 killed plus 100+ injured
- 1987 Maryland train collision, Chase, Maryland; 16 killed plus 164 injured
- 1990 Market–Frankford Line subway derailment, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 4 killed plus 162 injured
- 1991 Union Square derailment, New York City; 5 killed plus 161 injured
- 1993 Big Bayou Canot rail accident, Mobile, Alabama; 47 killed plus 103 injured
- 1996 Secaucus train collision, Secaucus, New Jersey; 3 killed plus 162 injured
- 1996 Maryland train collision, Silver Spring, Maryland; 11 killed
- 1999 Bourbonnais, Illinois, train crash; 11 killed plus 122 injured
21st century- 2002 Minot train derailment, Minot, North Dakota; 1 killed plus hundreds made ill
- 2005 Graniteville train crash, Graniteville, South Carolina; 9 killed plus hundreds made ill
- 2005 Glendale train crash, Glendale, California; 11 killed plus 177 injured
- 2008 Chatsworth train collision, Chatsworth, California; 25 killed plus 135 injured
- 2015 Philadelphia train derailment, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 8 killed plus hundreds injured
- 2016 Hoboken train crash, Hoboken, New Jersey; 1 killed plus 114 injured
- 2017 Washington train derailment, 3 killed plus 62 injured
- 2018 Cayce, South Carolina train collision; 2 killed plus 116 injured
See also{{Portal|Disasters|Trains|United States}}- Lists of rail accidents
- List of rail accidents by country
- List of disasters in the United States by death toll
- BNSF Railway accidents and incidents
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