Twello train accident
The Twello train accident was a railway accident on 22 December 1900 at 21:00 in front of the Twello railway station, Twello, in the Netherlands.[1] The express train from Amsterdam (Sneltrein 238; pulled by an NS 1600) collided head-to-head with a regional train (Stoptrein 927; pulled by an NS 1600) from Almelo to Apeldoorn. Normally these trains pass each other at Bathmen, but due to a delay of the express train, the crossing was changed to Twello. The crash happened because the person who takes care of the railroad switch failed to set a switch, allowing two trains on the same track. The express train then collided with the stationary regional train.[2][3][4][5] Two men from Deventer died. Five passengers were seriously injured and two conductors sustained minor injuries. Two station officials were sentenced in January 1901 to six weeks' imprisonment.[6]
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- A NS 1600 locomotive. A ~two year older version that pulled both trains
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "no title" (in Dutch). Goessche Courant. 25 December 1900. p. 2.
- ^ "no title" (in Dutch). Haarlem's Dagblad. 25 December 1900. p. 2.
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: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ "no title" (in Dutch). De Rijnbode. 30 December 1900.
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(help) - ^ "Het spoorwegongeluk bij Twello" (in Dutch). Vliegend blaadje : nieuws- en advertentiebode voor Den Helder. 29 December 1900. p. 1.
- ^ Jongerius, René (1993). Spoorwegongevallen in Nederland 1839-1993. Deel 22 in de boekenreeks van de NVBS (in Dutch). Schuyt & Co (Haarlem). ISBN 9060973410.
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