A passenger train travelling Traveling from Oran to the capital Algiers and consisting Containing of a locomotive and eight carriages stalled on a steep gradient leading to a mountain pass a few kilometres beyond the town of Bouhalouane in the Chlef Province of Algeria .

The locomotive was uncoupled Motion leaving Departing the carriages unsecured ; the brakes failed Earnings_and_losses on the carriages and they rolled Body_movement back down the slope to Bouhalouane where they collided Bodily_harm with a freight train in the station .

The Conrail locomotive crew failed to stop Motion at the signals before Gunpowder Interlocking , and it was determined Deciding that the accident would have been avoided Preventing_or_letting had they done so .

A contemporary photo supposedly shows Statement the re-railed damaged Damaging locomotive `` Zygia '' shortly after the accident Catastrophe .

The Pullman was 9 coaches long , and was hauled by an 11-month-old diesel hydraulic Class 52 `` Western '' locomotive , No .

The freight train was formed Coming_to_be ( from the London end ) of a hopper wagon , a pannier tank steam locomotive , a brake van , an empty bogie flatcar , and a bogie flatcar loaded with Land Rover vehicles .

The locomotive struck Attack the loaded flat car crushing the cab , but without derailing .

The driver , co-driver and second man on the express locomotive all died Death .

The tragedy was intentionally poorly highlighted Expressing_publicly by Soviet media : only a few brief notes were made public ; the only reminder of this event was a common grave near the ruins of the locomotive depot .

Only the locomotive was fitted with a Westinghouse brake Self_motion and there was only one brake van on the train .

The collision Catastrophe killed Killing 21 people : 17 Canadian soldiers en route Sending to the Korean War and the two-man locomotive crew of each train .

The Armagh rail disaster Catastrophe happened on 12 June 1889 near Armagh , Ulster , Ireland , when a crowded Sunday school excursion train had to negotiate Motion a steep incline ; the steam locomotive was unable to complete Process_end the climb and the train stalled Temporary_stay .

The leading bogie of the locomotive derailed Motion_directional on hitting the trolley , but the driving wheels did not ; the engine continued onwards until it hit a diamond crossover at the north end of the station when it became completely derailed , detached from its tender and ended up facing backwards .

The driver applied Using the 'simple ' vacuum brake Self_motion and threw Motion the locomotive into reverse but could not stop Process_end within the short distance of less than 250 yards .

The train comprised Cause_to_be_included the broad-gauge locomotive `` Hecla '' , a tender , three third-class passenger carriages and some heavily laden goods waggons .