The Dahlerau train disaster was a railway accident that occurred on May 27, 1971, in Dahlerau, a small town in Radevormwald, West Germany, in which a...
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city centre. It was the site of the Dahlerau train disaster, a severe railway collision in 1971. Until 1996 Dahlerau was a site of textile manufacturing...
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Radevormwald (section The Dahlerau train disaster)
The river Wupper flows through part of the town lands. In the villages Dahlerau, Vogelsmühle and Dahlhausen – which are located in the Wupper valley and...
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27 – West Germany – Dahlerau train disaster: At Radevormwald, a special railbus service carrying schoolchildren and a freight train collided on the...
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launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline. 1971 – The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and...
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Head-on collision (category Train collisions)
a traffic collision where the front ends of two vehicles such as cars, trains, ships or planes hit each other when travelling in opposite directions,...
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twelve people. May 27 – Dahlerau train disaster: A special train full of schoolchildren collides with a freight train in Dahlerau, West Germany, on the...
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List of German rail accidents (redirect from German train crash)
This list of German rail accidents contains those train wrecks which happened in Germany, including German states before 1871 (excluding Austria) German...
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a train and a cow died. This level crossing was later provided with flashing lights and then with half barriers in 1992. After the Dahlerau train disaster...
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recognition of the border at the Oder–Neisse line. 1971 27 May Dahlerau train disaster 3 September France, the United Kingdom, the United States and the...
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21 March – Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1971 27 May – Dahlerau train disaster 6 June – We've had abortions! in magazine Stern 26 June-July 6...
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1971 Salem, Illinois, derailment (category 1971 disasters in the United States)
occurred on June 10, 1971, when Amtrak’s City of New Orleans passenger train derailed near Salem, Illinois. It is sometimes referred to as the Tonti...
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Gualliguaica rail accident (category Runaway train disasters)
train packed with children derailed next to a ravine killing twelve. It was caused by failure to keep brakes applied during station stops. The train was...
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