Lathen train collision
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On 22 September 2006, a Transrapid magnetic levitation train collided with a maintenance vehicle near Lathen, Germany, killing 23 people and wounding 11. It was the first fatal crash involving a magle
File photo of a Transrapid train on its test track
Eschede train disaster
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On 3 June 1998, part of an ICE 1 train on the Hanover–Hamburg railway near Eschede in Lower Saxony, Germany, derailed and crashed into an overpass that crossed the railroad, which then collapsed onto
Lathen train collision
…installed at the crash site. A panel of steel, set into the stone, is stamped with 23 small crosses, one for each of the lives lost in the accident. Eschede train disaster—high-speed train crash in Germany in 1998 Lists of rail accidents…
The destruction of the rear passenger cars
Rear power car 401 551 of the crashed train
Front power car 401 051 at Munich in August 2007. The power car coasted down the track until it came to a halt a short distance after Eschede railway station. Having sustained only minor damage during the accident, it was repaired and returned to service.
ICE 1 train window with predetermined breaking point and emergency hammer