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Don Newing

September 13, 2009 02:56PM

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On Saturday night a head on collision occurred between two steam trains on the narrow gauge Loessnitzgrundbahn near Dresden in Germany. 52 people were injured, some seriously. The crash occurred during a special weekend event celebrating the 125th anniversary of the opening of the line.

For a news report in German, with pictures and video, see This Link. Google translate makes it reasonably understandable.

A sad reminder that safety has to be paramount even on narrow gauge railways.

Don Newing
Derbyshire, UK

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Narrow Gauge Steam Wreck in Germany	Don Newing	September 13, 2009 02:56PM
Re: Narrow Gauge Steam Wreck in Germany	Dave Boyer	September 13, 2009 03:17PM
Re: Narrow Gauge Steam Wreck in Germany	EBTfan15	September 13, 2009 06:45PM
Re: Narrow Gauge Steam Wreck in Germany	christensenge	September 14, 2009 08:40AM
Re: Narrow Gauge Steam Wreck in Germany	John E. Bull	September 15, 2009 04:25PM
Re: Narrow Gauge Steam Wreck in Germany	Don Newing	September 17, 2009 11:34AM
Re: Narrow Gauge Steam Wreck in Germany	Rick Steele	September 17, 2009 01:53PM
Re: Narrow Gauge Steam Wreck in Germany	John E. Bull	September 17, 2009 09:14PM

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