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SAILSBURY, U.K. — Two trains have collided in Salisbury, England, on Sunday, October 31 after the first hit an object and derailed, according to the BBC, with a Network Rail spokesperson cited by the Press Association explaining that the 1708 Great Western Railway service from Portsmouth Harbour to Bristol Temple Meads hit the object inside a tunnel as it approached Salisbury station at around 6:46 p.m.
The derailment then knocked out signalling in the area as the 1720 South Western Railway service from London Waterloo to Honiton approached the tunnel.
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From there, one local resident said they heard ‘no screeching like brakes, just a long rumbling sound like thunder hitting the railway line, and one woman on the second train said she was “thrown against the wall and there was a massive rumbling,” as it collided with the first train, injuring 17 people and initially trapping one of the train’s drivers in their train.
SOURCES: Washington Post, Reuters, NBC, ABC CHICAGO, NBC PHILADELPHIA, AMTRAK, Reuters, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, CNN, CBS News, The Associated Press, The New York Times, Railway Age, PA News, Network Rail Wessex, Open Train Times, BBC, The Guardian, Wiltshire Live
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SAILSBURY, U.K. — Two trains have collided in Salisbury, England, on Sunday, October 31 after the first hit an object and derailed, according to the BBC, with a Network Rail spokesperson cited by the Press Association explaining that the 1708 Great Western Railway service from Portsmouth Harbour to Bristol Temple Meads hit the object inside a tunnel as it approached Salisbury station at around 6:46 p.m.
The derailment then knocked out signalling in the area as the 1720 South Western Railway service from London Waterloo to Honiton approached the tunnel.
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From there, one local resident said they heard ‘no screeching like brakes, just a long rumbling sound like thunder hitting the railway line, and one woman on the second train said she was “thrown against the wall and there was a massive rumbling,” as it collided with the first train, injuring 17 people and initially trapping one of the train’s drivers in their train.
SOURCES: Washington Post, Reuters, NBC, ABC CHICAGO, NBC PHILADELPHIA, AMTRAK, Reuters, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, CNN, CBS News, The Associated Press, The New York Times, Railway Age, PA News, Network Rail Wessex, Open Train Times, BBC, The Guardian, Wiltshire Live
forres-gazette.co.uk/news/national/passengers-injured-and-driver-temporarily-trapped-after-trains-collide-32857
twitter.com/NetworkRailWssx/status/1454909667105247232
opentraintimes.com/schedule/G57575/2021-10-31
opentraintimes.com/schedule/L52656/2021-10-31
bbc.com/news/uk-england-59114569
theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/31/two-trains-collide-between-andover-and-salisbury
wiltshirelive.co.uk/news/wiltshire-news/salisbury-train-crash-sounded-like-6139973
apnews.com/article/amtrak-crash-montana-c8c3730849f568ca68b455eb23b49cef
railwayage.com/passenger/intercity/amtrak-empire-builder-derails-in-montana
nytimes.com/2021/09/25/us/amtrak-montana-train-derails.html
bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/12/10/red-line-train-leaves-station-without-operator/L5NzTcDEX8dMQCQLvC7UBN/story.html
edition.cnn.com/2015/12/10/us/boston-driverless-commuter-train
cbsnews.com/news/driverless-mbta-train-carrying-50-travels-through-4-boston-stops
reuters.com/article/2014/03/24/us-usa-chicago-derail-idUSBREA2N0IX20140324
chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-ohare-train-crash-20140324,0,1750012.story
abc7chicago.com/news/amtrak-train-crashes-in-philadelphia/718155
nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Amtrak-Derailment-Philadelphia--303536331.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_PHBrand
amtrak.com/train-schedules-timetables
washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2018/02/04/at-least-2-dead-after-amtrak-train-collides-with-freight-train-in-south-carolina/?utm_term=.191ae55572ec
reuters.com/article/us-usa-train/two-dead-more-than-100-injured-in-amtrak-crash-in-south-carolina-idUSKBN1FO0CB
nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/New-York-Miami-Amtrak-Train-Collides-with-CSX-Train-in-South-Carolina-Injuries-Reported-472588173.html
