The torn-off wheel of the train - Aluthgama
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The diesel rail car which crashed with a stationary train at Aluthgama. The torn-off wheel of the train.
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The torn-off wheel of the train - Aluthgama
The diesel rail car which crashed with a stationary train at Aluthgama. The torn-off wheel of the train.
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The scene after the derailment at Koggala on Monday in which a goods train from Matara to Colombo was involved.
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Batticaloa-Mahawa train derailed
No 690 train, travelling from Batticaloa to Mahawa, derailed at the 156½ mile post near Lakshauyana.
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Eight people had miraculous escapes from death when a 120-diesel train crashed through station buffers and a stone wall to plough across a road and through a row of terraced houses at 35-40 m.p.h., near Oldham, Lancs last week. Driver Harry Pearse...
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A general view of the scene after the crash near Uddington, Glasgow, when the midday Scot express train got hit a goods truck a few miles from Glasgow at night on June 17th. A woman lost her life and over 100 people were injured.
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Train collision at Eastbourne, London
The engine of the steam-train, which crashed into an electric train, recently, at Eastbourne (London). The electric train was proceeding from Ore to London Bridge; the steam-train was carrying holiday makers from Glasgow.
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Fifteen people lost their lives and more than 40 were injured when the 12-15 train from York to Bristol jumped the rails at Sutton Coldfield station. A mass of twisted metal was all that remained.
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Colombo-Batticaloa train derailment
Pictures taken at the scene of the train derailment between the 156th and 157th mile on the Colombo-Batticaloa line on Sunday morning.
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