It pitted Hostile_encounter the American Railway Union ( ARU ) against the Pullman Company , the main railroads , and the federal government of the United States under President Grover Cleveland .

The Hawes Junction rail crash Catastrophe occurred Coming_to_be at 5.49 am on 24 December 1910 , just north of the Lunds viaduct between Hawes Junction and Aisgill on the Midland Railway 's Settle and Carlisle main line in Westmorland ( now Cumbria ) , England .

The Great Train Robbery was the robbery Robbery of £2.6 million from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963 , at Bridego Railway Bridge , Ledburn , near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire , England .

On Monday 23 January 1911 , a collision between a passenger train and a coal train on the Taff Vale Railway line at Hopkinstown , outside Pontypridd in Wales , resulted in Causation the loss Earnings_and_losses of eleven ( twelve according to the official report ) lives .

The 2009 Nevsky Express bombing Terrorism occurred Presence on 27 November 2009 when a bomb exploded Attack under a high speed train travelling between the Russian cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg causing Causation derailment near the town of Bologoye , Tver Oblast ( approximately from Moscow ) , on the Moscow–Saint Petersburg Railway .

The junction had no super-elevation as continuous crossing Motion_directional timbers were in use Using thus reducing Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the safe speed , and the Midland Railway were advised Convincing to correct this .

Before the German forces had implemented Action the plan , the Soviet 8th Army launched Process_start the offensive with an assault at Auvere Railway Station .

The Canoe River train crash Catastrophe occurred Coming_to_be on November 21 , 1950 , near Valemount in eastern British Columbia , Canada , when a westbound troop train and the eastbound Canadian National Railway ( CNR ) `` Continental Limited Limiting '' collided Catastrophe head-on .

The Wagon Box Fight was the last major engagement of the war , but native raids continued against travelers and soldiers , the telegraph , and Union Pacific Railway , which was under construction Building .

Their objective was to effectively cut Removing the main supply line to the north and south of Amman by destroying Destroying long sections of the Hejaz Railway , including tunnels and a viaduct over which the railway travelled Traveling near the town .

On 18 September 1931 , Lt. Suemori Kawamoto of the Independent Garrison Unit ( 独立守備隊 ) detonated Terrorism a small quantity of dynamite close to a railway line owned by Japan 's South Manchuria Railway near Mukden ( now Shenyang ) .

Several days later , to the south of Amman , the Fourth Army 's II Corps which had garrisoned the southern Hejaz Railway , surrendered Surrendering to Chaytor 's Force at Ziza , effectively ending Process_end military operations in the area .

Railway Minister Mukul Roy , who was in Kolkata , rushed Motion to the site of the accident and ordered Arranging an inquiry into it .

Portions of the Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Railway were severely damaged Damaging or destroyed Destroying .

It was the worst accident Catastrophe on Britain 's Southern Railway .

The Blues Train was founded Creating by Hugo T Armstrong and is run Motion by the team at Bay City Events with the help Assistance of the volunteers Commitment at the Bellarine Railway who maintain Statement and drive Motion the heritage train .

With the building of the South Manchuria Railway , Mukden ( now known as Shenyang ) became Becoming a Russian stronghold , which occupied Control it after the Boxer Rebellion .

Of the 240 people killed Killing during the storm Catastrophe , 135 were workers on the Florida East Coast Railway .

Subsequently , Chaytor 's Force accepted the surrender at Ziza of the Southern Force of the Fourth Army 's II Corps , which had garrisoned the Hejaz Railway south from Amman to effectively end Process_end military operations in the area .

A section of the Trans-Siberian Railway was damaged Damaging by the crash Catastrophe .

The South Eastern Railway Folkestone to London boat train derailed Self_motion while crossing Motion_directional a viaduct where a length of track had been removed Removing during engineering works Being_in_operation , killing Killing ten passengers and injuring Bodily_harm forty .

The Hexthorpe rail accident occurred Coming_to_be on 16 September 1887 at Hexthorpe railway platform some west of Doncaster on the South Yorkshire Railway line to Sheffield and Barnsley .

On this day two trains were in the section , the first , a Midland Railway train , stood Placing at the platform , the second , another Midland train waiting Temporary_stay just to its rear .

A Great Western Railway ( GWR ) luggage train travelling from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads station entered Arriving Sonning Cutting .

Removal Removing of fishplates led to Causation the packed Howrah-Danapur Express jumping Motion tracks , killing Killing at least 11 passengers and injuring Bodily_harm more than 50 others near Fatuha Station in Fatuha city on the Eastern Railway 's Danapur division .