San Bernardino train disaster - Wikipedia
WEBThe San Bernardino train disaster (sometimes known as the Duffy Street incident), was a combination of two separate but related incidents that occurred in San Bernardino, California, United States: a runaway train derailment on May 12, 1989; and the subsequent failure on May 25, 1989, of the Calnev Pipeline, a petroleum pipeline adjacent to the ...
Cajon Pass - Wikipedia
WEBCajon Pass was the site of a major accident on December 14, 1994, when a westbound Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe intermodal train lost control and crashed into the rear of a westbound Union Pacific coal train just below California …
1989 Cajon Pass Runaway Train Disaster - 34 Years Later
WEBOn May 12, 1989, at 7:36 a.m. a 6-locomotive/69-car Southern Pacific freight train (SP 7551 East, computer symbol 1 MJLBP-11) that was transporting trona, lo...
The 1989 Cajon Pass Runaway 34 years later (Remastered)
WEBThroughout May 1989 two tragic disasters slammed San Bernadino at Duffy St. It started with a runaway train heavier than anticipated to a gas line breaching ...
Runaway Train Hits Another in Cajon Pass - Los Angeles Times
WEBDec 15, 1994 · An out-of-control Santa Fe freight train slammed into the rear of a parked Union Pacific coal train as it descended the treacherous Cajon Pass before dawn Wednesday, moments after the crews...
1994 Cajon Pass Runaway - 29 Years Later - YouTube
WEBCajon Pass was the site of a major accident on December 14, 1994, when a westbound Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe intermodal train lost control and crashed into the rear of a westbound Union...
Runaway Train Hits 14 Homes : 69 Cars Plunge Off Cajon Pass, …
WEBMay 12, 1989 · A runaway freight train careened down the Cajon Pass, leaped the tracks, plunged down a 30-foot embankment and slammed into 14 homes this morning, killing a trainman and two boys in one of...
Railroad accident report—Derailment of Southern Pacific …
WEBAt about 5:06 a.m., the dispatcher instructed the helper engineer to couple the helper locomotive onto the rear of an eastbound train, Extra 7551 East, that was waiting in a siding at that location for helper service through the Cajon Pass.
Crew of Runaway Train Recalls Details of Fatal Derailment in May
WEBAug 29, 1989 · The emergency brakes failed to stop the runaway, and the Southern Pacific freight derailed minutes later on a curve at the foot of the treacherous Cajon Pass grade.
Runaway Freight Train Derails, Killing 3 - The New York Times
WEBMay 13, 1989 · The Southern Pacific train apparently lost its brakes toward the top of the treacherous 4,190-foot Cajon Pass and came raging down the grade at more than 90 m.p.h., said a Southern Pacific ...
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