Viareggio train derailment
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The Viareggio derailment was a derailment and subsequent fire of a freight train carrying liquefied petroleum gas. It happened on the 29th of June, 2009 in a railway station in Viareggio, Lucca, a cit
2009 Viareggio train explosion 01
Some cars parked near the railway line burn
Silvio Berlusconi visits Viareggio after the train incident (2009)
FS Class E.656
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The Class E.656 is an Italian articulated rheostatic-type electric locomotive built from 1975 to 1989. An evolution of the E.646, they are mixed traffic locomotives, and have been used on every kind o
Viareggio train derailment
…region. Thirty-two people were killed and a further twenty-six were injured. Freight train No. 50325 from Trecate to Gricignano-Teverola, hauled by Class E655 locomotive E 655 175 with 14 tank wagons, was derailed at Viareggio at 23:48 local time (21:48 UTC) on 29 June 2009. Of the 14 wagons, the first wagon was registered…
Unit E.656.294 in original livery
E.655.166 Trenitalia Cargo
Driver console of an E.656; the lever in the middle is the combination selector.
The E.655.403 (previously E.656.403), the unit involved in the Roma Casilina accident.