Naperville train disaster
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naperville-train-disaster-181-2700928
title:
Naperville train disaster
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The Naperville train disaster occurred April 25, 1946, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad at Loomis Street in Naperville, Illinois, when the railroad's Exposition Flyer rammed into the Advance Flyer, which had made an unscheduled stop to check its running gear. The Exposition Flyer had been coming through on the same track at 80 miles per hour (130 km/h). There were 45 deaths and some 125 injuries. This crash is a major reason why most passenger trains in the United States have a spe
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1946 US passenger train crash
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naperville_train_disaster
date created:
2010-02-07T16:00:38Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T16:24:10Z
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