About: Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1940

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A train crash with fatalities occurred shortly after 11:30 p.m. on April 19, 1940, when a first-class westbound Lake Shore Limited operated by the New York Central Railroad, derailed near Little Falls, New York, United States. The accident was later found to have occurred due to excessive speed on the Gulf Curve, the sharpest on the Central's lines. It killed 31; an additional 51 were injured. The 15-car train had left Albany 23 minutes behind schedule; the engineer may have been trying to make up time.

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  • Bei dem Eisenbahnunfall von Little Falls am 19. April 1940 entgleiste ein Fernzug der New York Central Railroad (NYC) bei Little Falls, New York, USA. 30 Menschen starben. (de)
  • A train crash with fatalities occurred shortly after 11:30 p.m. on April 19, 1940, when a first-class westbound Lake Shore Limited operated by the New York Central Railroad, derailed near Little Falls, New York, United States. The accident was later found to have occurred due to excessive speed on the Gulf Curve, the sharpest on the Central's lines. It killed 31; an additional 51 were injured. The 15-car train had left Albany 23 minutes behind schedule; the engineer may have been trying to make up time. (en)
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  • Commemorative plaque erected (en)
  • near accident site in 1990 (en)
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  • Excessive speed on sharp curve (en)
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  • * NYC 5315 Class J-1e locomotive * Express car * Baggage car * Red Ash Pullman sleeping car * Poplar Arch Pullman sleeping car * Elkhart Valley Pullman sleeper-lounge car * Poplar Dome Pullman sleeping car * NYC 560 dining car * Lake Bruin Pullman sleeping car * East Bernard Pullman sleeping car * Poplar Lodge Pullman sleeping car * St. Gothard Pass Pullman sleeping car * East Braintree Pullman sleeping car (en)
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  • United States (en)
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  • 1940-04-19 (xsd:date)
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  • Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1940 (en)
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  • ~250 (en)
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  • Train consist (en)
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  • #19, Lake Shore Limited (en)
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  • Bei dem Eisenbahnunfall von Little Falls am 19. April 1940 entgleiste ein Fernzug der New York Central Railroad (NYC) bei Little Falls, New York, USA. 30 Menschen starben. (de)
  • A train crash with fatalities occurred shortly after 11:30 p.m. on April 19, 1940, when a first-class westbound Lake Shore Limited operated by the New York Central Railroad, derailed near Little Falls, New York, United States. The accident was later found to have occurred due to excessive speed on the Gulf Curve, the sharpest on the Central's lines. It killed 31; an additional 51 were injured. The 15-car train had left Albany 23 minutes behind schedule; the engineer may have been trying to make up time. (en)
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  • Eisenbahnunfall von Little Falls (de)
  • Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1940 (en)
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